Tea Recipes

Iced Teas

Tea Ice Cream

Ingredients
(for making 2 lbs. of tea ice cream)
Dry tea (with good flavour) - 2 oz
Refined sugar - 1 lb
Arrowroot or cornflour - 1 oz
Fresh milk - 2 lbs
Water - 10 oz

Method:
Heat water and remove quickly from fire when boiling. Rinse out teapot with hot water and put in tea leaves. Pour boiling water into teapot. Infuse for 8 to10 minutes. Strain off infusion and keep aside. Boil milk. Next, blend sugar with arrowroot (or cornflour) thoroughly and add lo boiled milk. Let mixture simmer for about 10 minutes stirring continuously to avoid lumps. Remove from fire, add tea infusion, stir and freeze.

Iced Nilgiri Tea

Ingredients
4 cups Water
4 heaping teaspoons of black Nilgiri tea
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon freshly grated ginger

Method
In a medium saucepan, boil the water and pour it over the tea. Return the mixture to the saucepan, add the spices and simmer for about 10 minutes. Strain and cool

Mix with milk and sugar to taste and pour over ice, preferably cubes made out of tea to prevent dilution. Ice cubes made of lemonade or any favourite fruit juice, are also great with iced teas.

Spiced Tea

Ingredients
4 bags of your favorite tea from our Traditional Teas Collection
1/2 cup (4 oz) sugar
1 cup (8 floz) water
1 stick cinnamon
6 whole cloves
3 cardamom pods (optional)
2 tbsp tea leaves
4 cups (32 floz) boiling water
juice of 1 large lemon and 2 oranges
ice cubes
iced water or soda water (club soda) to taste
orange and lemon slices to decorate

Method:
1. Boil the sugar, water and spices for 5 minutes, then remove from heat. Put the tea bags in a large pot and pour the boiling water over, leave for 5 minutes
2. Strain into large bowl, add the strained syrup and leave to cool. Stir in the strained lemon and orange juice, then add ice cubes and dilute with iced water or club soda to taste. Decorate with slices of orange or lemon.