{"id":12119,"date":"2020-07-14T09:38:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/?p=12119"},"modified":"2020-07-14T09:44:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:44:16","slug":"how-to-make-boozy-refreshing-iced-tea-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/how-to-make-boozy-refreshing-iced-tea-cocktails\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make boozy &#038; refreshing iced tea cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><b>Reading Time:<\/b> <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute <\/span><\/span>\n<p>As we write this, we\u2019re in the middle of a too-hot-to-handle heat wave. In our experience, the best way to cool down is to find some shade and sip back a tall glass spiked iced tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are our favourite recipes to date. Each starts with a tea concentrate that\u2019s really easy to make. Cheers to summer &amp; happy sipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#f4d443\" class=\"has-background\"><strong>HOW TO MAKE TEA CONCENTRATE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>4 Perfect Spoons of tea\u00a0<\/li><li>1 cup of water\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In a steeper, add 4 Perfect Spoons of tea to 1 cup of water at 95\u00b0C \/ 200\u00b0F &amp; steep for 5 minutes.\u00a0<\/li><li>Then strain into a measuring cup &amp; discard tea leaves.<\/li><li>Allow to cool to room temperature.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#f4d443\" class=\"has-background\"><strong>CLASSIC LYCHEE BELLINI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2 oz (1\/4 cup) of <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davidstea.com\/ca_en\/tea\/lychee-bellini\/10740DT01VAR0070739.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>Lychee Bellini<\/u><\/strong><\/a> concentrate<\/li><li>4 oz (1\/2 cup) of prosecco\u00a0<\/li><li>Lychee<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instructions&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In a champagne flute or wine glass, add 2 oz (1\/4 cup) of tea concentrate and 4 oz (1\/2 cup) of prosecco<\/li><li>Garnish with lychee\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#f4d443\" class=\"has-background\"><strong>BAHAMA MAMA<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bd oz (1 tbsp) dark rum\u00a0<\/li><li>\u00bd oz (1 tbsp) orange liqueur\u00a0<\/li><li>\u00bc oz (1\/2 tbsp) coconut liqueur\u00a0<\/li><li>2 oz (1\/4 cup) orange juice\u00a0<\/li><li>4 oz (1\/2 cup) of <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davidstea.com\/ca_en\/tea\/bahama-mama\/10824DT01VAR0082701.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><u>Bahama Mama<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/a> concentrate \u00a0<\/li><li>Ice\u00a0<\/li><li>Pineapple &amp; orange slices \u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fill a glass with ice, then add dark rum, orange &amp; coconut liqueur, orange juice and tea\u00a0<\/li><li>Garnish with pineapple &amp; orange slices \u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><b>Reading Time:<\/b> <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute <\/span><\/span>As we write this, we\u2019re in the middle of a too-hot-to-handle heat wave. In our experience, the best way to cool down is to find some shade and sip back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":12122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12125,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12119\/revisions\/12125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}