Saturday, May 16, 2009

Vanilla Tea

Vanilla is one of the oldest and most aromatic of all the available species. They are an aphrodisiac and thus beneficial in medical treatment such as aromatherapy. In modern times, aromatherapy tests were conducted on various plants, and most men were aroused to the senses of vanilla.
6 Tea bags
2 Eggs
2 cups condensed milk
2 tsp Vanilla
1/4 tsp Salt
1 cup Milk
1/2 cup Whipping cream
Ground nutmeg

Boil all the tea bags in 2 cups of water. Let it cool for 5 to 10 minutes and then discard the tea bags. When the tea has cooled down, add the eggs by beating them into the drink. Later, add the condensed and normal milk, following by the vanilla extract and salt. Mix well and serve the drink with whipped cream. Use the ground nutmegs to garnish the tea.
People who don’t eat eggs can avoid this ingredient.

Hot tea Punch

5 bags of tea
6 cups water
3/4 cup sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
8 whole cloves
1 1/2 cups orange juice
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice

Bring the tea, water, sugar and the cinnamon sticks in a bowl and heat it until the sugar dissolves. Let it boil and remove the bowl from the fire. Add the tea bags and let it cool down for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove the tea bags and then add the orange and lemon juices. You should refrigerate this drink and reheat it before serving. Add the cloves for the aroma and unique taste to this delicious hot tea.

Cranberry Iced tea

This is one of my favorite and most refreshing iced teas. It is the perfect drink for beating the heat and humidity of our Indian summers. Cranberries are rich in vitamin C and help in fighting cold and other infectious diseases.
4 cups water
1 cup sugar
15 tea bags
12 glasses of chilled cranberry juice


Heat the water to boiling point, and add 1 cup of sugar. Stir the mixture until the sugar dissolves. Add the tea bags and then remove from heat and let it cool for 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags, and add the cranberry juice. Stir the drink until it is mixed well and then allow it to cool at room temperate before refrigerating. Serve chilled over ice.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Tea Ice Cream

Dry tea – 1 cup
Refined sugar – 1 cup
Cornflour – 1 cup
Fresh milk – 2 cups

Heat the water and quickly remove it from the fire, while boiling. Put the hot water in a bowl and add tea leaves. Let it cool for 5 to 10 minutes and then strain. Aside, boil the milk in another bowl and add the sugar and cornflour to the boiled milk. Let the mixture cool down for 5 to 10 minutes as well. You should stir the mixture while heating, to avoid the formation of lumps. Add the tea water to this mixture. Stir it and serve it as a frozen desert.

Strawberrry Tea

Strawberries are one of the most delicious and nutritious fruits available to us. The have healing properties, as they are an excellent source for removing toxins from our body. This healthy drink will also help you lower your temperature and blood pressure.
8 cups water
3 tea bags
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 Tablespoon strawberry extract

Boil the water in a large bowl. After the water has boiled, turn the heat off. Put the tea bags into the bowl, and let it cool down. Pour the sugar or sweetener into the bowl. The tea should still be warm, so the sugar will dissolve easily. Add the lemon juice and strawberry extract. Serve it chilled.

Fruit Tea

This tea is packed with lots of vitamins from the best citrus fruits. A very healthy tea recipe, it is ideal for people who are feeling low in immunity. Besides its health benefits, this recipe is refreshing to your senses.

4 tea bags
2 cups boiling water
1 cup sugar
1 can pineapple juice
1 can frozen orange juice
1 can frozen lemonade

Place the tea bags in a bowl and pour the boiling water over the tea bags. Add 1 cup of sugar and stir it until it dissolves. Let the tea bags cool with the sugar water and then discard the tea bags. Pour the tea into a larger bowl. Add all the juices and stir them well. Add water to the contents and refrigerate. Chill the drink and shake it well before serving so that the fruit pulp in the can mixes well.

Saigon Berry Tea

Enjoy this tea as an iced tea with spices and cloves. It’s simply another variation of the common Indian tea. This drink, despite its hot spices, will still cool your body down. It provides a good mixture of hot and cold. The aroma of the cloves and cinnamon are added to relax your mind.

3 tea bags
4 cups water
12 whole cloves
12 all spice berries
2 cinnamon sticks
Lemon
Pour water and simmer it with tea, cloves, allspice and cinnamon. Cool the mix for about 5 minutes. Strain the mixture out from all the spices and tea leaves, and then let it cool down in the refrigerator. Serve this chilled spiced ice tea with lemon.