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Simple Rooibos Iced Tea Recipe from Distinctly Tea

Simple Rooibos Iced Tea Recipe

Place 2 tsp. per cup of plain red rooibos tea in a heatproof container along with some fresh or dried mint leaves. Add some lemon or orange slices, raspberries or strawberries and some stevia leaves to sweeten. Pour boiling water into the container and steep till cool. Strain tea leaves and pour over ice or finish cooling in the fridge. Put the lemon slices back into the drink if desired.
Cold Brew Iced TEA recipe from distinctly tea inc

Cold Brew Iced TEA Recipe

Place 5-7 tsp of TEA in a pitcher. (Add more TEA if you like a stronger brew). Add 1 cup of hot water and steep for 5 min. Stir in sweetener if using. Add 3 cups of cold water. Place pitcher in refrigerator 5 hours. Suitable for all types of TEAS. The slow cold water steeping method extracts more natural sweetness and flavour from the TEA leaf. TEAS won’t go bitter because it is a gentler method of steeping which doesn’t draw out as much of the tannin from the TEA leaves.
iced tea float recipe from distinctly tea inc 3

Iced Tea Float Drink Recipe

1 1/2 cups Basic 
Ice Tea (see below) 1 scoop Vanilla
Ice Cream Pour tea into a glass half filled with ice. Top with a large scoop of ice cream and serve immediately. Basic Ice Tea: 4 cups hot water (use steeping temperature for tea of choice)
3 tbsp. loose leaf tea Pour hot water over tea in a heatproof container and steep covered for time appropriate for tea of your choice. Strain into a pitcher, discard the leaves and let cool to room temperature. Once cool refrigerate or serve over glasses filled with ice. Serve with a touch of sweetener if …
simple iced tea recipes from distinctly tea

THINKING ABOUT ICED TEA

Those hot, sticky, summer days will be upon us (but hey, it beats a blizzard!) and every day at Distinctly Tea, we get questions about making refreshing iced tea for a cool treat. Recipes for iced tea appeared as early as the 1800s in American and British cookbooks, typically using green tea and spiking them […]

Fruit Vinaigrette

Using tea in your salad dressing adds flavour and cuts down on some of the calories. The added berries make it a nice thick dressing. Add a little more olive oil if you like it thinner.

Quinoa Burgers

Make these meatless burgers as spicy as you like. Adjust the Sriracha Chili Sauce to your liking. The Smokey Taco seasoning mix along with cooking the quinoa in Lapsang Souchong Tea gives the burgers a slight smokey flavour. .

Frosty Chai Shake

This shake can be made with either Rooibos Chai Latte Mix for a no caffeine version or Matcha Chai Latte Mix for a kick of caffeine and the goodness that Matcha has to offer. Add some vanilla ice cream for extra creaminess if dairy isn't an issue.