Cocktails with The Tea Collective
Thinking of making cocktails at home? We thought we would give you a little inspiration in using some of your favourite Tea Collective blends in some delicious cocktails too!
Firestorm Ginger & Apple Rum Shaker
Ingredients:
2 tsp The Tea Collective Ginger Zing
5 cups of fresh pressed apple juice
1/2 to 1 cup of quality rum
Sparkling mineral water
Cinnamon sticks
Apple, thinly sliced
Method:
Gently simmer tea in apple juice for 4-5 mins. Remove from heat and let cool. Shake prepared tea and rum together, pour over ice and top with sparkling water. Garnish with cinnamon and apple.
Orange Bourbon Bitters
Ingredients:
3 cups brewed The Tea Collective St Clements ‘Oranges & Lemons’ or Ceylon Kenilworth Orange Pekoe, brewed following the label
6 ounces bourbon
1/2 cup honey syrup
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
Orange peels, for garnish
Method:
For the syrup, mix honey and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer, stirring, until the honey dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool. Add the tea, bourbon, honey syrup and orange juice to a pitcher and stir. Pour over ice into individual glasses.
Chocolate Coconut Chai White Russian
Ingredients:
Chai syrup:
2 tsp of The Tea Collective Chocolate Coconut Chai
1 cup of water
1/3 cup Australian honey
Cocktail:
2-4 tbsp chai tea syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup vodka
3 tbsp coffee liqueur
2-4 tbsp coconut cream
Cinnamon sticks
Earl Grey Gin Cocktail
Ingredients:
3/4 cup The Tea Collective The Wild Earl Grey
2 1/2 tbsp good quality gin
2 1/2 tbsp honey simple syrup (5 cups water, 1 cup honey in a saucepan, simmered until the honey dissolves)
1 tsp fresh-squeezed lemon juice
2 sprigs lavender
Method:
To make multiple, brew 4 cups of tea following the instructions on the label and cool. Then add the tea and cooled honey syrup into a cocktail shaker, with 2 sprigs lavender and ice. Shake several times. Then strain the cocktail into a glass over one large ice cube. Garnish with lavender.