Alternatives

Other stuff you can do with you teas

As you all probably know, tea is becoming more and more popular in the western world. Indeed, even if it’s already quite known by European countries (from which England is probably the first one that comes to your mind), tea is booming in the Americas. But why is tea having such a boom? Well, because it's good… as simple as that!

Tea is good in various ways: it’s good for the health and it tastes good. What’s nice about tea is that it reaches out to everyone. Indeed, from the princesses to the ultimate geeks, passing through the fitness addicts… tea suits all palates. You can enjoy premium non-flavored teas, “candy” teas, spicy teas, mild, bitter, strong… and so on!

But what a lot of people may not realize is that tea is becoming more and more popular in cocktails (for its taste) and also for fresh homemade juices (for its properties). At Shibui Tea, we have decided to throw ourselves in that new experience and share with you different alternatives to what you can do with your teas. So here are some new ideas:

Cocktails

Jasmine Martini

2 frozen Martini glasses
250 ml brewed Jasmine Pearls green tea
1 tbsp. Maple syrup
2 oz non-flavored Gin/Vodka

Japanese Mojito

125 ml brewed Karigane Organic green tea
1 tbsp. fresh Lime juice
4 leaves of Baby Arugula
4 leaves of fresh Mint
2 tbps. Maple syrup
1 oz White rhum
- Add the maple syrup to the tea while it’s brewing.
- Put everything in a Shaker and shake it with ice cubes.

Homemade Juices

Green Tea Cocktail

3 Apples
1 pealed Lemon
1 cm ½ fresh Ginger Sprout
150 ml Dragonwell (Lung Ching) green Tea
- Brew the Tea
- Juice the fruits and/or vegetables in a juicer
- Add the tea, cold or hot

Ginger and Tropical Tea

1 brewed Tropical Green tea pyramid bag
1 Cinnamon stick
150 ml boiling Water
1 tbsp. Maple syrup
1 pealed Pink Grapefruit
1 pealed Orange
1 pealed Lemon
1 cm ½ fresh Ginger sprout

For homemade juice’s lovers, here’s other recipes that you might like that doesn't use any teas:

Coconut Water Green Juice

1 big handful of Kale
1 big handful of Spinach
2 Pears
1 pealed Lemon
150 ml Coconut Water
- Juice the fruits and/or vegetables in a juicer
- Add the Coconut Water

Minty Tropical Juice

3 pealed, pitted Mangos
3 pealed Oranges
A lot of fresh Mint Leaves
- Juice the fruits and/or vegetables in a juicer

Iced Teas

The secret of making a good Iced Tea is pretty simple. Basically, you just double the quantity of tea you would normally use, then you fill the rest of the cup/pitcher with ice to make it cool down. So here's, in steps, what it would look like.

Brew 1 teaspoon of tea, into 175 ml of water
Fill the rest of the glass with ice
Let it cool down in the fridge
Drink it!

So lets say you want to make a 1L pitcher of Iced tea : you brew 4 teaspoons of tea in 500ml of water (double the normal quantity). When the brewing is done, you fill the rest of the pitcher with ice and put it in the fridge. There you go! You got your 1L pitcher of Iced Tea.

Here's some suggestion of teas you might want to try iced:

Black:

Green:

White :

Oolong:

Mate:

Herbal:

Fruit Infusions:

Enjoy!!!

Max