Hard Ice Tea - Nothing feels more refreshing than a chilled glass of ice tea on a hot afternoon. You do not need to head out to a café to sip on one. Here are a few easy to make home brewed Ice Tea recipes.
Peach Tea
Ingredients
* Tea Bags - 3
* Peach Nectar - 1/2 Litre
* Club Soda - 1 Litre
* Ripe Peaches (peeled & diced) - 3
* Frozen Lemonade - 1 small can
* Mint - 2 cups
* Water - 6 cups
* Ginger Ale - 1 Litre
* Simple Syrup - 1 1/2
(Make this syrup by adding 2 cups of sugar to 1 cup of water. Boiling slowly until clear.)
Preparation
Boil the water and add tea bags and mint. After 10 minutes, remove the tea bags.
Cool the water to room temperature, and strain it into a two gallon container. Add lemonade, peach nectar and simple syrup to taste. Add diced ripe peaches.
Chill thoroughly and pour into punch bowl. Add club soda just before serving.
Green Tea
Ingredients
* Green Tea bag - 1 No
* Honey - 45ml
* Water - 150ml
Preparation
Switch on the sorbet machine and let cool for 10 minutes.
Then make a green tea extract and add honey to this. Strain once and mix it well. The quantity of the honey can be reduced depending on the sweetness of the fruit.
Lastly pour the mixture into the chilled sorbet machine and churn till it sets and forms a smooth sorbet. Serve chilled.
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