~ Tea Recipes ~

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Tea Recipes

Tea is a caffeinated beverage, an infusion made by steeping the dried leaves or buds of the shrub Camellia sinensis in hot water. In addition, tea may also include other herbs, spices, or fruit flavours.

Green Mint Tea



Ingredients:
Water - 2 cups
Chinese Green Tea - 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 2 to 3 lumps
Mint Leaves - 1/2 bunch, washed, dried

Method:
1. Boil the water over moderate flame.
2. Place the green tea in a small teapot and add 1 or 2 glasses of boiling water.
3. Discard the water but leave the tea leaves in the pot.
4. Add the mint leaves to the pot and fill it with boiling water.
5. Add sugar.
6. To serve, pour it into a glass and pour the contents of the glass back into the pot.
7. Repeat this 3 to 4 times until the ingredients are well mixed.
8. Now serve.

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Iced Apple Tea Recipe



Ingredients:
Tea Bags - 2
Boiling Water - 2 cups
Apple Juice - 1 cup, chilled
Lemon Slices - 2
Mint Sprigs - 2

Method:
1. Place the tea bags in a cup and pour boiling water.
2. Allow the tea bags to steep for 5 minutes and then squeeze them gently.
3. Discard the tea bags.
4. Pour in the apple juice.
5. Add 1 or 2 ice cubes to each glass or keep it in the fridge till chill.
6. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a mint sprig.
7. Serve chill.

[MysteRy]

Pudina Chai Recipe

Ingredients:
Water - 2 cups
Fresh Pudina Leaves - 12
Milk - 1 cup
Cinnamon Stick - 1
Ground Cloves - 1/4 tsp
Ginger - 1 tsp, grated
Ground Cardamom - 3/4 tsp
Black Peppercorns - 1/2 tsp
Honey - 1 tblsp

Method:
1. Bring the water to boil and add the pudina leaves.
2. Remove from fire and keep it covered.
3. Keep it aside and let it steep for about 20 minutes so as to retain the oils present in the pudina leaves.
4. Add the milk and the spices.
5. Stir in the honey.
6. Heat it on a low flame for an additional 15 minutes.
7. Serve hot.

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Apple Tea Recipe

Ingredients:
Apple - 1 cup, grated
Sugar - 4 tsp
Green Tea - 2 cups
Bay Leaf - 1 tsp, powdered
Lemon - 1 tsp
Water - 5 glass

Method:
1. In a jar put the green tea and close. Keep aside.
2. Heat a pan over moderate flame.
3. Add apple, lemon, sugar, bay leaf powder and water.
4. Allow it to boil.
5. Stir and close with a lid. Boil for 5 minutes.
6. Drain and Pour the apple water mixture in the green tea jar.
7. Close and keep for 5 to 10 minutes.
8. Serve warm in individual glass.

This is good healthy drink for body pain, cold and also acts as a blood purifier.

[MysteRy]

Kashmiri Tea Recipe

Ingredients:
Green tea leaves - 6 tsp
Green cardamom seeds - 15
Ground cardamom - 1/2 tsp
Soda bi-carbonate - 1/2 tsp
Full cream milk - 1/2 litre
Fresh cream (malai)
Pistachio - 6 tsp, ground
Water - 6 cup

Method:
1. Take water in a heavy based large pan. Add tea leaves, salt, seeds of green cardamom and bocarbonate of soda.
2. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer briskly until it reduces to 1/3 its quantity.
3. While it is still boiling pour in it about 2-3 cups of cold water or enough water to make four cups in all. Bring to boil and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat, strain and keep aside.
4. Boil the milk with ground cardamom over low heat. Pour prepared tea water and the milk. Bring to a boil, add salt and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes over low heat.
5. Remove from heat and pour into 6 cups. Pour 1 tbsp of cream or malai over each cup. Sprinkle 1 tsp of pistachio on the top.

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Cranberry Juice Tea Recipe

Ingredients:
2 tsp Assam tea
2 cups hot water
1 cup cranberry juice
2 tsp sugar
Juice of half a lemon
Fresh mint to garnish

Method:
Brew the tea in hot water for 5 to 6 minutes and strain.

Once cool grind it with sugar, cranberry juice and lemon juice.

Take a glass with lots of ice and serve it chilled, garnished with fresh mint and lemon slice.

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Lemon Ginger Ice Recipe

Ingredients:
450 ml water
pared 2 limes
125 gm sugar
2 tbsp candied ginger
1 tbsp honey
juice 5 limes

Method:
Boil the sugar and water with the lemon rind.
Add the chopped ginger.
Stir in the honey and lemon juice.
Freeze overnight.
Scrape out and serve.

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Lemon Tea Recipe

Ingredients:
2 cups water
1/2 lemon
sugar - to taste
tea leaves

Method:
Boil the water till it bubbles, add sugar and add one pinch of tea leaves and cover.
Immediately turn off the heat. Leave it for a minute.
Cut very thin slices of lemon and put them at the button of the serving glass/cup.
Pour the liquor over it, do not stir. Serve hot.

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Iced Tea

Ingredients:
1 tall glass
1 cup water
1 tsp tea powder
5 tsp sugar
1 lemon's juice
10-15 ice cubes

Method:
Make black tea as usual with 5 tsp sugar
Take the tall glass and fill it more than 1/2 with ice cubes
Cool the black tea till only a bit warm
Pour the lemon juice over the ice cubes and also the black tea
Garnish with whole pudina leaves(1-2) and a lemon slice

Note: the tea powder, sugar, lime , etc can be taken in qts as per your taste
Note: Ingredients required are for 1 glass of iced tea.

[MysteRy]

Fruit Tea Recipe

Ingredients:
2 tsp Assam tea
2 cups hot water
2 tsp sugar
Juice of half a lemon
Fresh mint to garnish
Ice
For mixed fruits
2-3 pieces of peach and pineapple
2 -3 cherries

Method:
Brew the tea in hot water for 5 to 6 minutes. Strain and let it cool.
Now pour it in a grinder and add sugar, mixed fruits and lemon juice.
Take a glass, top it up with ice.
Pour in the tea and serve garnished with fresh mint.

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Kashmiri Chai Recipe

Ingredients:
4 Cups of Water
3 tsp of Green Tea
1 tsp Cloves 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
7 tsp Cardamom
15 ml Ground Almonds

Method:
In 4 cups of cold water, boil three teaspoons green tea.
When the liquid turns green (5-10 minutes), add 1 tsp ground cloves, 2 tsp ground cinnamon, 7 tsp ground cardamom and 15ml ground almond and simmer for 5 minutes.
Strain, add sugar to taste (no milk) and serve with almond flakes.

[MysteRy]

Cranberry Juice Tea Recipe

Ingredients:
2 tsp Assam tea
2 cups hot water
1 cup cranberry juice
2 tsp sugar
Juice of half a lemon
Fresh mint to garnish

Method:
Brew the tea in hot water for 5 to 6 minutes and strain.
Once cool grind it with sugar, cranberry juice and lemon juice.
Take a glass with lots of ice and serve it chilled, garnished with fresh mint and lemon slice.

[MysteRy]

Lemon Ginger Ice Recipe

Ingredients:
450 ml water
pared 2 limes
125 gm sugar
2 tbsp candied ginger
1 tbsp honey
juice 5 limes

Method:
Boil the sugar and water with the lemon rind.
Add the chopped ginger.
Stir in the honey and lemon juice.
Freeze overnight.
Scrape out and serve.

[MysteRy]

Lemon Tea Recipe

Ingredients:
2 cups water
1/2 lemon
sugar - to taste
tea leaves

Method:
Boil the water till it bubbles, add sugar and add one pinch of tea leaves and cover.
Immediately turn off the heat. Leave it for a minute.
Cut very thin slices of lemon and put them at the button of the serving glass/cup.
Pour the liquor over it, do not stir. Serve hot.

[MysteRy]

Fruit Tea Recipe

Ingredients:
2 tsp Assam tea
2 cups hot water
2 tsp sugar
Juice of half a lemon
Fresh mint to garnish
Ice
For mixed fruits
2-3 pieces of peach and pineapple
2 -3 cherries


Method:
Brew the tea in hot water for 5 to 6 minutes. Strain and let it cool.
Now pour it in a grinder and add sugar, mixed fruits and lemon juice.
Take a glass, top it up with ice.
Pour in the tea and serve garnished with fresh mint.