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.