For tea beginners, even ordinary proper brewing might sound intimidating. But as soon as you master the basics of preparing a perfect cup of tea, you might want to explore further options. Loose leaf tea can be used for numerous kinds of lattes, booze-infused iced-teas, creams, and even in salad dressings. If you’ve never used loose leaf tea for making cocktails, now is the time to start exploring a whole new amazing world of delicious and refreshing creations. There are only two rules – tea has to be fresh and aromatic. So, whether you choose pure or flavored tea is up to you, roll up your sleeves and get inspired by our recipe of choice.
A white tea of our choice
White tea might have a reputation of making a delicate and tender brew, but blending it with other flavorful ingredients will make sure your taste buds are completely satisfied. Pomegranate Peony is a loose leaf tea with grace, style and good intentions. A unique and sophisticated blend of gorgeous white tea leaves and pomegranate seeds is not only healthy and delicious, but will help your cocktail creativity flourish. The base of this blend is the finest White Peony organic Chinese white tea, smooth in flavor, but strong enough to combine with pomegranate preserves, stevia, and rose-hips to create a perfectly balanced tea.
Discovering the origins
Pomegranates are not a new ingredient in cocktail recipes. Not only is this fruit an excellent source of vitamins, it has an addictive flavor as well, so its popularity doesn’t surprise. Almost every country has some specific meaning connected to pomegranates – from purity to fertility, friendship and abundance. In some countries, pomegranates are a symbol of the eternal life. Blended with white tea — the most tender, pure, graceful and soothing tea type — it makes an exquisite brew.
The benefits of Pomegranate Peony tea
One might not think of the health benefits when drinking a cocktail. The most unprocessed of all tea, white tea is a great source of antioxidants and are a great source of vitamins.
Using loose leaf tea for making flavored liquor
Nowadays, a pomegranate liquor, syrup, or even beer, is available in almost every supermarket in the world. Instead of purchasing flavored liquors, you can easily make your own at home. All you need is a fresh strongly-flavored and tasty loose leaf tea and pure quality liquor. Gin and vodka are good options that will take on the color of the added ingredients and their full intense flavor as well. As far as the tea goes, fruit flavored white teas yield some truly amazing results.
Enjoy!
Graceful Peony Pomegranate White Tea Cocktail
The gift of a pomegranate is the gift of grace. Graceful Peony has grace, sweetness, refreshing soul and enough uniqueness to make you want to share it with friends. This cocktail is sweet, unique, and refreshing and will give you a good idea how loose leaf tea can change gin in one simple “dry” steep. It’s a perfect choice for lazy lounge parties or a relaxed afternoon garden cocktail party for all those that cannot get enough of the delicious pomegranate flavor.
Ingredients
- •100 ml pink tonic water
- •250-500 ml gin (of which you will need 50 ml (1.7 ounces))
- •15 ml (1 tablespoon) Pomegranate Peony white tea
- •15 ml (1 tablespoon) pomegranate molasses or elderberry syrup
- •A few fresh pomegranate seeds
- •Ice
- •Lime wedge
You will also need an empty teabag infuser for infusing the tea leaves. You can crush the leaves before placing a teabag into the bottle. 500 ml of gin is enough for making 10 drinks. Use teabags that will not release the strong paper flavor.
Preparation
- Put 15 ml (1 tablespoon) of Pomegranate Peony loose leaf tea in a teabag and infuse in 250-500 ml of gin overnight. The more tea you use, the more flavor you will get. Nevertheless, use, don’t abuse, as you will ruin the gin if you over-infuse it. Do not add any water and do not boil the gin. Close the cap tightly.
When the tea-infused gin is ready, mix all of the ingredients in a glass with ice and stir well. Add one lime wedge and, if available, a few fresh pomegranate seeds.
