Racaire's Embroidery & Needlework…

cooking – my favourite recipes – earl grey iced tea with ginger :)

Finally, after a very cold spring, t’s getting really hot here in Vienna and what’s better than a self made iced tea at a hot day while working at an embroidery project?
…ok, ice cream would be also fine but a good self made iced tea is a very good start …and also something that can be “cooked” quite easily

Recently we had a small BBQ with friends and one of my friends asked me for the recipe for my iced tea – therefore I thought it would be nice to share it also with you…

Ok, for one glass jug of iced tea you need:
- 3 tea spoons Earl Grey tea
- one knife point cardamom (dried, in powder form)
- one  knife point ginger (dried, in powder form)
- several slices of fresh ginger (+ some extra slices for the final iced tea)
- juice of a half lemon
- ca. 3 table spoons honey (I prefer acacia honey)

…ok, for my iced tea I normally use two two glass jugs – in every glass jug I add:
- 3 tea spoons Earl Grey tea
- one knife point cardamom (dried, in powder form)
- one knife point ginger (dried, in powder form)
- several slices of fresh ginger

I fill the glass jugs with boiling water…

…and cover the glass jugs with two small plates – to protect the iced tea from insects (I think noone wants this extra proteins in the iced tea ) I normally cover the glass jugs also with a dish towel …

After some hours I add the juice of a half lemon for every glass jug and season to taste with honey (about 3 table spoons honey)… – when I prepare more than a glass jug I put the content of both glass jugs into a big bowl, add the juice of one lemon and season to taste with about 6 table spoons honey…

It’s easier to handle the iced tea in bottles than in glass jugs concerning the fridge – therefore I have some glass bottles for my iced tea – I wash them as soon as they are empty (see the left photo) with water with some vinegar and after drying I use them again for the next fresh iced tea

I put some slices of fresh ginger into the bottles (I love the spicy taste of ginger in my iced tea) and decant the iced tea through a sifter into the glass bottles… and carefully squeeze out the remains…

…and after some hours I enjoy my self made iced tea

…btw. you can use other spices and/or other kinds of tea too (for example: green tea, fruit tea,…) …whatever you add is ok, as long as you like the result …try out and have fun!

…and here another kind of iced tea – a recipe of one of my friends: When I Take my Sugar to Tea