Iced Strawberry Tea Food

STRAWBERRY TEA RECIPE

Steps:

• Add water and ½ cup chopped strawberries to a medium-size saucepan and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat. Once the water comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
• Switch off the heat and add green tea leaves to the pan. Cover the pan with a lid and let the tea steep for 2 minutes.
• Do not brew the tea for longer, otherwise, it may turn bitter. I personally feel 2 minutes is a perfect brewing time.
• Add honey and mix well.
• Divide the remaining ¼ cup chopped strawberries in between 4 serving cups.
• Strain the tea in the cups using a tea strainer and discard the cooked strawberries.
• Serve immediately.
• Once the tea is ready, strain it and cool it to room temperature. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
• Add chopped strawberries and 1-2 lime slices to 4 serving glasses.
• Fill the glasses with ice cubes.
• Pour the tea over ice and serve immediately.

SUGAR FREE STRAWBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Place tea bags in a 2-quart size glass pitcher.
• In a medium size saucepan, bring 4 cups of water almost to a boil.
• Remove pan from heat, as soon as you see bubbles start to come to the surface.
• Pour the hot water over the tea bags in the glass pitcher.
• Cover the pitcher with plastic wrap, and let the tea steep for 1 hour.
• After one hour; carefully squeeze tea/water from the tea bags into the pitcher; stir, then discard the tea bags.
• Cover the pitcher, then let sit until the tea has cooled down a bit more.
• Once the tea has cooled, add the packet of sugar free strawberry flavored drink mix, and the 4 cups of cold water, and stir.
• Refrigerate the tea until it's chilled, then pour in glasses filled with ice.

STRAWBERRY-CHAMOMILE ICED TEA WITH GIN

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil with 1 cup sliced strawberries and 1/2 cup sugar; stir to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat, add 12 chamomile tea bags and steep 5 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher, gently pressing on the solids. Stir in 3 cups cold water and 1 cup gin. Chill. Serve over ice with strawberry slices.

REFRESHING STRAWBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Take 5 strawberries out of the bag and set aside.
• With the remaining berries, blend in a blender or food processor until smooth.
• Strain the pureed berries, discard seeds.
• Mix together pureed strawberries, tea, lemon juice, and desired amount of sugar.
• Chill until ready to serve.
• Serve with ice and reserved berries as garnishes.

ICED STRAWBERRY PASSION TEA

Steps:

• Rinse and cut fresh strawberries into large pieces.
• Put water, sugar and strawberries in a pan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and stir until all the sugar is dissolved.
• After the sugar is dissolved, reduce heat to a simmer and let strawberries steep in syrup for about 10 minutes, stirring often.
• Pour the syrup through cheesecloth or fine mesh strainer. Discard the strawberries or save for another use.
• Let the strawberry syrup cool and then refrigerate.
• Bring 4 cups of filtered water to a boil.
• Pour boiling water over 1 large Tazo iced passion tea bag or 8 small tea bags in a glass or heat -proof pitcher.
• Steep the passion tea for 5 minutes and remove tea bag(s).
• Let the tea concentrate cool and store in refrigerator.
• To make a iced strawberry passion tea, put ice in a 24 ounce glass.
• Pour remaining ingredients (tea, water and syrup) over ice and stir.
• To make iced strawberry passion tea lemonade use lemonade in place of water.
• To make iced strawberry & coconut passion tea latte use coconut milk in place of water.
• Garnish with strawberries, oranges, lemons or decorative ice. (optional)

ICED STRAWBERRY TEA

Steps:

• Set aside five strawberries. Place the remaining strawberries in blender; cover and puree. Strain into pitcher. Stir in the tea, sugar and lemon juice until sugar is dissolved. Chill. , Serve in chilled glasses over ice. Garnish with reserved berries.

SPIKED STRAWBERRY-RED ICED GREEN TEA

Steps:

• Put the strawberry daiquiri mixture into a medium-size pitcher and stir until thawed and blended. Add the chilled green tea and fruit syrup and mix thoroughly. Pour the tea mixture (and alcohol, if using) into tall glasses filled with ice.