Since the temperature here has dropped to the nineties (whew), even I’ve been craving some iced tea instead of my usual hot black tea.
Time to grab a book from my tea library and sit down for a tea break.
I chose a tea from Zhena's Gypsy Tea in a ginger mango flavor and it turned out to be a delicious choice (too bad this blend is no longer available). I like the fact that Zhena’s Gypsy tea is organic and fair trade.
Since I enjoy the flavor of ginger very much, I’d like to try the recipe for Green Tea Ginger Sparkler in the “Loving Tea” book by Jane Resnick. This might be a good punch substitute for summer entertaining. It sounds refreshing and quite simple to prepare:
GREEN TEA GINGER SPARKLER
2 cups cold water
2 tablespoons green tea
2 tablespoons crystallized ginger, finely chopped
4 cups ginger ale
Boil water. Brew tea for 5-7 minutes. Strain into covered container. Add ginger, and refrigerate several hours. Strain into pitcher. Add ginger ale and pour over ice to serve.
Makes 4-6 servings.
How about you, do you switch from hot to iced tea during the summer months?
4 comments:
Iced tea isn't a drink that pops into the mind here. Though we don't have the same high temperatures as you do, so we can survive on just hot tea. Though I must own up to drinking cold tea quite often, as I forget to drink it when it's hot! The recipe for the ginger iced tea sound lovely though, as I am fond of Twining's lemon and ginger tea.
I still have my hot tea in the morning and then switch to iced tea. The recipe sounds good. Soon I will make some iced jasmine oolong with sparkling apple cider.
nice post thanks for sharing...looking for to visit more blessings
Yes, and I have been consuming vast quantities of iced tea lately!
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