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Pear Sangria Recipe from Distinctly Tea

Use white grape juice instead of white wine for a non-alcoholic version  2 tbsp. Pear Cream G&W Tea steeped in 1/2 cup hot water for 3 minutes. Strain tea over 1/2 cup ice to cool. Pour cooled tea into a pitcher and add 1 cup chilled grape juice and 2 cups of chilled wine or more grape juice if desired. Add sliced fruit such as pears, peaches, apples, strawberries, grapes, etc. Pour over ice in a glass or tumbler to serve. 

How To Make Tea Concentrate

Making a tea concentrate and storing it in a mason jar in your fridge is a super simple way to make ice tea this summer. Steep 4 times the recommended amount of tea in the hot water. Strain into a mason jar and cool to room temperature. Store in the fridge and pour over ice whenever you want a refreshing drink. If you like it a little sweet, keep a jar of simple syrup on hand in the fridge to stir into the tea. Simple syrup is made combining equal amounts of boiling water and sugar. Stir until sugar is …

Cold Brew ICED TEA Method

Add 5 - 7 tsp. of your favourite black or green tea to a 4 cup pitcher. A dd 1 cup of hot water, steep 2 min. Then 3 cups of cold water. lace in the fridge for 6-8 hours. Strain leaves when serving or makes in our special ice tea jugs.

Tips for making Iced Tea at Home

- to make a stronger brew always use more tea and keep the same steeping time - make ice cubes out of tea so you don’t dilute the flavour - pour tea over ice in a glass instead of adding ice to the pitcher - letting black & green tea cool  completely before putting in the fridge may help prevent clouding - mix rooibos tea and complementing fruit tea together to make your tea go farther - use Rooibos extract powder to make instant ice 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.

June is Distinctly Tea Iced Tea Month

Fruit & Rooibos teas are a favorite type of tea to drink iced. Use approximately 1/4 cup of tea per 6 cups of water. An easy method is to add tea to a heatproof pitcher, fill half with boiling water (stir in sweetener at this time or see our tips on “Ways to sweeten your tea” below) then let cool to room temperature. Top up the pitcher with cold water and place it in the fridge to finish chilling. Some favorite Rooibos teas our customers loved iced are Lemon Chiffon Rooibos, Peach Apricot, Blueberry, Raspberry, and Fruity Orange.

Red Fruit Tea Smoothie Recipe

1 cup boiling water 3 tsp. Strawberry Kiwi Fruit or any other favourite  Red Berry Fruit Tea 2 tbsp. sweetener 1 cup frozen strawberries 1/2 cup strawberry yogurt (can use frozen yogurt) 1/2 cup ice cubes ( about 3-4 ) 

Fruit Juice Gummy Bears – NON-GMO

THE BEST GUMMIES available. These candies are produced at the Specialty Candy Factory ‘Whilelm Mueller’ in Duisburg, Germany. This candy producer maintains candy making family traditions established in 1949. Some of the recipes are over 100 years old and the producer has maintained these recipes, techniques and utensils, such as original copper kettles to create the unique and delicious candies while preserving the originality, tradition, consistency, and integrity of the tradition.“

The Coffee Bean meets the Tea Leaf

Coffee and Rooibos Tea are combined in this beverage to create a unique taste that both tea and coffee lovers will enjoy it. Coffee beans are added to Rooibos tea and combine well with tea. The Rooibos tea adds natural flavour and the two together create a smooth tasting drink that doesn’t really require any milk or sugar. The Rooibos tea helps to reduce the amount of caffeine per cup so this beverage would be great to have in the afternoon if you want a quick pick me up without a full shot of caffeine.
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