Tea-Infused Recipes

Wight Tea Co is changing the way you think about tea. Tea isn't just porcelain cups and doilies. It's not just about treating your health issues or detoxing. We make tea for flavor and that opens up a world of endless possibilities. Here are a few of our favorite tea-infused recipes. 

Cranberry Thyme Spritz

Ingredients 

1.5oz Cranberry Thyme Syrup (see below)
1.5oz Lemon Juice
Ginger Beer

Instructions
In a glass filled with ice combine the Cranberry Thyme syrup, and lemon juice

Top with Ginger beer

Stir this mixture to combine


Cranberry Thyme Syrup

Ingredients
10 g Wight Tea Company’s Cranberry Thyme White Tea
1 cup water
1 cup sugar

In a pot on the stove, bring the water to a boil

Add in the 10 grams of Wight Tea Company Cranberry Thyme and stir. Remove from heat. 

Allow mixture to steep for 5 minutes

While mixture is steeping, put 1 cup sugar in a heat safe container 3 cups or larger

After the tea has steeped for 5 minutes, strain the mixture over the sugar and stir to comine

Let cool at room temperature before storing in the refrigerator

Smoked Chai Old Fashioned

Makes 1 drink

Ingredients: Smoked Chai Syrup

1 cup sugar

8 oz water, boiling

5 tsp Wight Tea Co Smoked Chai

Ingredients: Cocktail

2 oz whiskey

3/4 oz Smoked Chai syrup (above)

4 dashes of Angostura bitters

ice

Optional:

orange peel twist

Luxardo cherry

Steps: Smoked Chai Syrup

In a saucepan, bring 1 cup of water to a boil. Remove from heat. Add 5 tsp of Smoked Chai. Let steep for 5 minutes. Strain brew over 1 cup sugar in a liquid measure cup or heat-resistant bowl. Stir to combine. Let cool.

Steps: Smoked Chai Old Fashioned

In a cocktail shaker, add 4 dashes of Angostura bitters

Add 2 oz whiskey

Add 3/4 oz Smoked Chai syurp

Add plenty of ice then stir until chilled and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Top with orange peel and cherry.