Now is the height of summer! Take time out for a relaxing tea moment on a sunny patio or deck. Now, how about a tea cocktail in your Libre with family and friends?
Do you have a recipe for a tea cocktail?
Share your tea cocktail recipe below for a chance to win a
Patio Party Pak of 4 Libre Originals!
You will be able to Mix and Serve each of your guests their own individual drink requests – serve chilled on the patio
Contest starts Friday July 20th and ends July 29th!
How to Enter:
- Post your tea cocktails here!
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- Tweet about this giveaway and tag us (@libretea) for another entry!
To get your creativeness going, here is our first recipe entry from Susanne G.
1 1/2 oz white rum
1/2 oz dark creme de cacao
4 oz iced tea (steep the tea in hot water and then cool it in refrigerator.)
Mix in cocktail shaker and serve over ice. This one has a bit of a kick to it…
*Pictures and recipes may be used in our Tea Cocktail Recipe Book (with full credit to you for the Recipe & Picture) and on Libre’s Facebook/Pinterest page.
*Winner will be chosen using Random.org
Chai Tea Martini
1 Cup Oregon Chai Tea Concentrate
1/4 Cup Milk or a little less 1/2 & 1/2 or Cream
3oz Stolichnaya Premium Vanilla Vodka
Ice
Shake first three ingredients with the ice in a cocktail shaker until well blended and chilled. Pour into cinnamon/sugar rimmed martini glasses and serve.
Amaretto Tea
6 oz hot tea
2 oz amaretto almond liqueur
1 1/2 oz chilled whipped cream
Pour hot tea into a pousse cafe glass, using a spoon in glass to prevent cracking. Add amaretto, but don’t stir. Top with chilled whipped cream and serve.
Tea Tini
Ingredients:
1 3/4 oz vodka
1 oz sweet iced tea
1/4 oz fresh lemon juice
lemon wedge for garnish
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass rimmed with sugar.
Garnish with the lemon wedge.
TEA TIME MARTINI
1.5 ounces of tea infused vodka (steep 4 – 6 black tea bags into 750ml of vodka for about 4 hours)
.5 ounce of Triple Sec
Fresh squeezed lemon juice including some pulp from 1/2 lemon
1.5 ounces of unsweetened white grapefruit juice
.5 ounce of liquid eqg whites
Ice
Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Pour into pre-chilled martini glass with sugared rim.
Spiked Winter Solstice Cider
~A little Christmas in July~
1 Quart water
2-4 T Peet’s Tea Winter Solstice
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 cups apple cider
1 3/4 Bacardi
6 cinnamon sticks
6 candied orange peels
Boil water in medium sauce pan
Remove from heat and add tea (I use tea balls) and steep 4 min
Stir in sugar, cider, rum and 1 cinnamon stick and simmer for 10 minutes
Place in Crockpot to keep warm
Serve with cinnamon stick and candied orange peel garnish in large mugs
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Mojito Green Tea Cocktail
This one is super easy here it is:
Mint tea leaves (green, black tea they’re all good)
Fresh mint 6 leaves for 1 large cup
lime (to taste)
2tsps sugar (or to taste some like it sweeter some less so
Make your mint tea, let it cool. Get your glass ready, put your mint leaves in bottom of glass add sugar and “muddle” them or crush down with spoon or whatever you have kind of like when making a mojito
Pour in your tea and add any of the following (only one not all) vodka, lime vodka or lemon vodka. I don’t use much but do it to your taste.
Garnish with mint leaves and a lime and add ice! Enjoy!
1 bottle of lager beer
1/4 cup of lemon tea
ice
Terrific Hot Toddy-
1 oz rum
1 Tbsp honey
1/4 lemon
1 cup tea
Coat the bottom of a mug with honey.
Add the liquor and lemon juice.
Make a cup of hot tea, and then pour the tea into the mug! Yum!!
Watermelon tea cocktail
1/2 small, seedless watermelon puréed and run through a sieve (about 1.5 cups of juice)
1.5 cups of a “fruity” white wine
1 cup of your favorite green tea
1 lime
Stir first 3 ingredients together and serve chilled with a lime wedge