Drinks with Chado: Summer Time Iced Tea Cocktails
Iced Tea with a splash of your favorite libation, sounds like the perfect combination right?! In ancient times the Romans and Greeks would pour libations “alcohol” in honor of their gods and goddesses. In today’s day in age we don’t perform the same rituals as our ancient counterparts, but we haven’t lost the taste for a good drink! Today we have gathered a few great Iced Tea inspired cocktails perfect for the summer.
Bourbon Sweet Tea Cocktail
This first cocktail may be simple to make but sure packs a punch for those hot summer days!
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
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7 cups water, divided
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6 tablespoons Ginger Peach Black Tea
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1 cup white sugar
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1 inch ginger, peeled
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½ cup lemon juice
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6 ounces bourbon
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12 dashes bitters
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Lemon slices or peel, garnish
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Fresh mint, garnish
Directions:
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Bring 6 cups of water to a boil and steep the Ginger Peach Black tea, 3 minutes.
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Once steeped, strain out the tea and set aside.
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In a small saucepan, combine together 1 cup of water, sugar, ginger, and lemon juice. Bring to a simmer and allow to simmer just until the sugar is dissolved. Pour the simple syrup into a fine strainer, this will help to remove any leftover pieces of ginger or lemon residue.
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Combine the tea and simple syrup based on your sweetness preference.
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Add in the bourbon and bitters, stir to combine.
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Refrigerate until ready to serve and garnish with lemon and mint.
Tea-Tini
Serving: 1
Flirty and sweet, this Tea-Tini is the perfect summertime cocktail to have with your girlfriends while you “spill the summertime tea”.
Ingredients:
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1 ½ ounce vodka
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1 ounce iced Assam TGFOP black tea
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1 teaspoon honey
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¼ ounce lemon juice
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Lemon wedge, garnish
Directions:
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Rim a martini glass with sugar, this is done by dipping the martini glass rim in lemon juice and then dipping it in sugar.
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In a cocktail shaker add in ice, vodka, iced black tea, honey, and lemon juice.
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Shake until all the ingredients are combined.
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Strain into the prepared martini glass and garnish with a lemon wedge.
Strawberry Mint Tea Cocktail
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
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8 strawberries roughly chopped, plus more for garnish
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4 mint leaves, plus more for garnish
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½ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
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½ cup simple syrup
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1 ½ cups bourbon
Directions:
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In a large cocktail shaker, muddle together the strawberries, mint, and lemon juice.
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After muddling, add in the simple syrup and bourbon. Fill the shaker with ice and close. Shake vigorously for about 30 seconds.
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Strain the cocktail shaker into 4 iced filled glasses, evenly and about 80% filled.
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Top the glass off with the iced Chado Afternoon black tea and garnish with mint and strawberries. Enoy!
Looking for more fun summertime cocktails?
Check out our extensive blog catalog on our website chadotea.com! There we have cocktails for every occasion and connoisseur.
