Posh Jasmine Iced Tea Recipes

WHISKEY AND JASMINE GREEN TEA CHILLERS

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the sugar, and stir until it has dissolved. Let cool for 2 minutes. Add the tea bags, stir and let steep for 3 minutes. Remove the tea bags, and squeeze the liquid back into the pot. Transfer the tea to a container, and refrigerate until cool, about 10 minutes.
• Fill 4 highball glasses, Collins glasses or 12-ounce mason jars with ice. Add 2 to 3 ounces of the whiskey and 8 ounces of the tea to each. Garnish with lemon slices and dried jasmine flowers if using.

JACK AND JILL'S ICED JASMINE TEA

Steps:

• Bring 10 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan. Place tea bags in a large heatproof container. Add boiling water, and steep for 3 minutes. Remove tea bags. Let cool completely.
• Meanwhile, bring sugar and remaining 1/2 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Let cool completely.
• Stir together tea and 3/4 cup simple syrup, plus more if needed, depending on desired sweetness. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Divide among ice-filled glasses.

SPICED PINEAPPLE ICED TEA

Steps:

• Combine the pineapple skin and core, allspice berries, star anise, cinnamon and 6 cups water in a 4-quart saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 1 hour. Remove from the heat and add the tea bags; let the tea bags steep for at least 20 minutes and up to 6 hours. Strain the pineapple tea and cool completely. Serve over ice with pineapple wedges.

PEACH-SCHNAPPS ICED TEA

Steps:

• Fill large chilled glass with crushed ice. Pour in schnapps and fill glass with iced tea and peach tea. Garnish with peach slices and serve at once.

LEMON ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Remove from heat and add 4 bags of black tea. Let steep for 5 minutes, then discard bags. Stir in 3 tablespoons Truvia® natural sweetener spoonable* and 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Refrigerate until chilled and serve over ice, if desired.
• *or 10 packets Truvia® natural sweetener

COLD BREWED JASMINE ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large pitcher combine the tea and water. Mix the sugar or honey with about a cup of hot water so that it dissolves and will mix with the room temperature water. Add the sugar/ hot water mixture to the pitcher. Put the pitcher in the refrigerator (preferably before you go to sleep) and let the tea leaves soak until morning (9-12 hours). Add lemon to taste and then pour the tea through a strainer so as to catch the tea leaves before serving.