What do you get when you mix a refreshing iced tea with a cocktail? Summer in a glass! And what’s better than lazy days by the pool with an ice-cold brew (plus a little twist if you feel like it)? These drinks will definitely help you beat the heat this season. Clink, enjoy!
Summer Cocktail Hour
Four Red Fruits Tea Cocktail With Sorbet
Did you know? The sugar in the sorbet makes the ice crystals smaller, making a smoother sorbet.
Four Red Fruits Tea Cocktail With Sorbet
Ingredients
Sorbet Ingredients
- 150ml cranberry juice
- 30ml sugar
- 15ml Twinings Four Red Fruits tea brewed and cooled
Cocktail Ingredients
- 150ml Twinings Four Red Fruits tea, brewed and cooled
- 300ml soda water
- 150ml cranberry juice
- 45ml – 90ml berry liqueur (optional) or
- 45ml – 90ml Gin (optional)
- Fresh berries to serve
Instructions
Sorbet
- Mix the cranberry juice, tea and cranberry juice. Place in to a container and freeze.
Cocktail
- Mix the tea, soda water, cranberry juice and liqueur or gin. Pour into glasses and top with the sorbet.
- Serve with fresh berries.
Pure Rooibos Tea Cocktail With “Naartjie” And Honey
Did you know? Rooibos is naturally high in antioxidants.
Pure Rooibos Tea Cocktail With “Naartjie” And Honey
Ingredients
- 300ml Rooibos tea brewed and cooled
- 300ml lemonade
- 30ml honey
- 20ml naartjie rind
- 45ml-90ml citrus liqueur (optional) or
- 45ml-90ml rum (optional)
- Ice to serve
- Thyme to serve
Instructions
- Fill glasses with ice.
- Mix the tea, lemonade, honey, rind and liqueur or rum if using.
- Bruise the thyme and add it to the glass.
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Indian Chai Tea Cocktail
Did you know? Chai tea, traditionally known as Marsala Chai has been a favourite in India for centuries and ingredients usually include cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and cloves, as well as fennel, star anise and nutmeg.
Indian Chai Tea Cocktail
Ingredients
- 300ml Twinings Indian Voyage chai tea brewed and cooled
- 300ml ginger ale
- 45ml – 90ml ginger liqueur (optional) or
- 45ml – 90ml sake (optional)
- Fresh lavender
- Fresh mint
- Fresh ginger
- Ice to serve
Instructions
- Fill the glasses with ice.
- Mix the tea, ginger ale and liqueur or sake if using.
- Garnish with fresh lavender, mint and ginger.
- For an extra spicy version, add an aniseed liqueur.
Peach And Cherry Blossom Green Tea Cocktail
Mixologist’s Tip: The season for jasmine and blossoms is very brief; Violas will also work beautifully.
Peach And Cherry Blossom Green Tea Cocktail
Ingredients
- 300ml Twinings Peach and Cherry Blossom Green tea brewed and cooled
- 300ml lemonade
- 45ml – 90ml peach liqueur (optional) or
- 45ml – 90ml vodka (optional)
- Fresh mint
- Fresh jasmine or blossoms
- Fresh peach or nectarine
- Ice to serve
Instructions
- Fill the glasses with ice
- Mix the tea, lemonade and liqueur or vodka if using
- Garnish with the fresh mint, blossoms and peach
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Pomegranate, Raspberry And Strawberry Green Tea Cocktail
Did you know? Green tea comes from the Camellia Sinensis; the tea plant: the same plant our daily black tea comes from.
Pomegranate, Raspberry And Strawberry Green Tea Cocktail
Ingredients
- 300ml Twinings Pomegranate, Raspberry and Strawberry Green Tea
- 300ml tonic water
- 45ml – 90ml Pomegranate liqueur optional (or)
- 45ml – 90ml gin optional
- Fresh berries and pomegranate to serve
- Ice to serve
Instructions
- Fill the glasses with ice.
- Mix the tea, tonic water and liqueur or gin if using.
- Serve with fresh berries and pomegranate.
English Breakfast Tea Cocktail
Mixologist’s Tip: Bruise the herbs before adding the drink so the flavour is infused into the drink.
English Breakfast Tea Cocktail
Ingredients
- 300ml English Breakfast Tea brewed and cooled
- 300ml lemonade
- 45ml – 90ml clear coconut liqueur (optional) or
- 45ml – 90ml vodka (optional)
- Fresh coconut to serve
- Fresh blueberries
- Fresh thyme
- Ice to serve
Instructions
- Fill the glasses with ice.
- Mix the team lemonade and liqueur or vodka if using.
- Serve with fresh coconut, blueberries and thyme.
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Recipes and Photography courtesy of Twinings
Looking for more cocktail recipes to try? Make one of these 10 low-kilojoule summer cocktails or try one of these ‘mocktails‘ instead.
