Iced Tea
A Fruitful Summer Tea Drink With Some Punch
The Meaning of "Punch" - The Beverage The origin of the name for punch may be somewhat in doubt - some say it comes from the Hindi for “five” since the drink consisted of five main ingredients, while others surmise it is a short version of the word “puncheon,” a cask...
Iced Tea To A New Level
Think of these beverages as iced tea evolved to a higher level. Summer’s here and nothing quenches like a properly prepared glass of iced tea. Taking a cue from progressive-minded bartenders at top restaurants, who are concocting artisanal cocktails featuring fresh...
Summer Mint Tea Drinks – From Marrakesh to New Orleans
As summer draws on, I find myself relaxing into a slower pace, quitting work earlier and waking up later, all perks of my free-lance existence. Mid-afternoons find me lying on my deck with a beverage in hand, as I watch sailboats afar and hummingbirds nearby. Which...
Peach Simple Syrup with White Tea
White tea gently enhanced with a fragrant syrup made from stone fruits spells summer for me.
Iced Tea Lattes
Diane shares two delicious recipes for iced lattes – Moroccan Mint with green tea and Blueberry Creme with Rooibos…
How To Make Barista-Style Shaken Iced Tea
Tea company owner/former barista shows fun, easy way to make ‘better than coffee house’ shaken iced tea at home.
Fruity and Flowery Iced Teas
Nothing synthetic or artificial enters the tea when you make your own fruit syrups.
Gallery of Iced Tea Recipes
Iced Tea Recipes Require Ice It wasn't until the 1930's that consumers were able to freeze their own ice cubes and expect to have ice readily and affordably available. Prior to that, ice was actually imported by ship from northern frozen lakes in large slabs and...
Not Your Southern Grandma’s Iced Tea
Summer’s here, which presents some tantalizing options for tea drinkers in general and iced tea lovers in particular. It’s a fun time to throw caution to the wind and mix up some fresh ideas in the glass…
Giving Iced Tea a Whirl
Given the public’s insatiable thirst for ready-to-drink bottled or canned tea, most of which is consumed cold or over ice, it seems it’s always iced tea weather. Despite an abiding love for hot tea, I like to brew up a cuppa and chill it down, no matter what the thermometer says outside.
Matcha Iced Tea: Taking the Dirt Out of Matcha
We have taken this traditional Japanese ceremonial elixir and put some spin on it by adding an espresso shot, shaking it in a jar, whisking it with electricity, and steaming it together with milk.
Green Tea & Rose Lemonade With Honey Hibiscus Syrup
Flavorful, refreshing and healthy iced tea blended beverage recipe
How to Make Iced Tea, Fast!
Return to T Ching Classics: Iced Tea IT’S STILL SUMMER TIME. My summer heat survival strategy? A fridge full of iced tea, of all kinds, ready to drink. The great thing about tea is that it counts as water, so you can stay cool and hydrated while sipping on something...
Relax With Easy Summer Tea Cocktails
It's summertime, and a good time to take a lighter approach to tea drinking. Iced tea is always a favorite, but tea can also be used in combination with alcoholic beverages to create unique, enjoyable, and TASTY summer cocktails. This article will focus on...
Creating Fruit and Tea Frappes
Whether you call them frappes or smoothies, they are a low-tech, minimalist path to refreshment, and clearly superior to anything you can get at your local coffee-and-tea emporium.
Getting Ready for the Summer Iced Tea Season
Startling as it seems, there are bushels of first-of-the-season stone fruits—peaches, apricots, nectarines—at my local farmer's markets and that gets me thinking about a tea-based sangria. For those teetotalers in your life, here’s a simple but delicious idea: a way...
Cold Brewed Tea is Splendid!
Iced tea counts for some 80% of the tea consumed in the United States! The first references to iced tea go back to the early 1800’s. If you read further, you will learn that iced tea was a commercial success at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. At the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, a think-out-of-the-cup entrepreneur had no trade at his stand