Almond
Tea
Not just almond, but lemon and vanilla too.
Ingredients:
4 tea bags, 1/2 tsp lemon zest, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tbs lemon juice,
1 tsp almond extract, 1/4 tsp vanilla extract, 4 cups water
Preparations:
Steep the tea and lemon zest together in boiling water for 4 minutes.
Stir in the sugar, lemon juice, almond and vanilla flavourings.
Serve hot.
Capputeano
Ingredients:
2 cups milk, 2 tea bags, black, 3 tbs brown sugar.
Preparations:
Heat milk and sugar together in a saucepan, almost to boiling. Remove
from heat and add tea bags. Steep for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags
and serve.
Serves 2
Chocolate Mint Tea
Ingredients:
6 mint tea bags, 6 cups milk, 6 tbs hot chocolate mix
Preparation:
In a saucepan, heat milk with tea bags until almost boiling. Steep
for a couple of minutes and strain out tea bags. Pour our 6 mugs
of milk, then stir in a tablespoon of chocolate powder in each mug.
Serves 6
Cran Ginger Tea
Ingredients :
2 tea bags, 2 cups hot water, 1/2 cup ginger, fresh and thinly sliced
1/2 cup cranberries, 1/2 cup cranberry juice, Pinch of nutmeg
Preparation:
Steep tea, ginger and cranberries in water for 15 minutes.
Strain and add nutmeg and cranberry juice. Serve warm.
Kashimiri Chai Tea
A chai tea recipe with powdered almonds.
Ingredients:
1 tsp loose tea, 4 cardamom pods, bruised, 1 small cinnamon stick,
broken up,
Saffron threads, a pinch, 4 cups water, 2 tbs finely powdered almonds,
Honey, to taste.
Preparation
Mix everything except honey and almonds in a saucepan and bring
to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and let tea steep for 5 minutes.
Put a teaspoon of almonds in the bottom of each cup, and pour hot
tea over. Sweeten with honey to give taste.
Marmalade Tea
Ingredients
5 cups water, 3 tea bags, black, 1/2 cup orange marmalade, 2 tbs
sugar, 2 tbs lemon juice
Preparation
Steep tea in near boiling water for 5 minutes. Stir in marmalade,
sugar and lemon juice, until marmalade is melted and well mixed.
Strain if desired and serve.
Serves 4-5
Masala Chai Tea
Ingredients:
4 tsp loose tea, usually black, 1 piece of dry ginger, 3 cardamom
pods- crushed, 3 whole cloves, 1 piece of cinnamon stick, Milk and
sugar to taste.
Preparation:
Boil 2 cups of water, then add tea and spices. Boil for another
half minute then remove from heat. Let sit for 1 minute. Strain
out the spices and serve, with milk and/or sugar.
Serves 4
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