Brought to us by Greg
Bring 1 qt. water to a boil
Steep 6 heaping tablespoons of black tea for 10 minutes
Strain into glasses
Add hot water to dilute and / or sugar as desired
Category > Beverages
Turkish Tea
Half and Half Tea
Brought to us by Greg
Bring 1 qt. water to a boil
Steep 8 green tea bags (or equivalent) for 5 minutes
Add 2 qts. cold water to a 1 gallon jug
Squeeze 4 whole lemons and add juice to jug
Pour tea into jug
Add mint (use tea ball if mint is dried / chopped), let soak for 1 day. [...]
Summer Strawberry Sauce
Brought to us by Jessica
2 cups fresh strawberries, stems removed, rinsed, drained
¼ cup superfine sugar
¼ cup orange juice
1 tsp. orange zest
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Place berries, sugar, orange juice and orange zest in blender; puree until smooth. Refrigerate, covered, up to one week. To serve: stir into lemonade or sparkling wine. Can also serve over ice cream or pound [...]
Sbiten
Brought to us by Jeanette
Hot drink made from spices and herbs with honey or sugar. It was purchased in general only in Moscow in crowded places. Sbiten is considered Russian national winter beverage.
5 l water
800 g berry jam
200 g honey
2 g ginger
2 g cloves
1 g cinnamon
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Bring water to boil, add honey and jam. 5 minutes [...]
Cambric Tea
Brought to us by Greg
8 rounded tsp black tea
4 cups water
4 cups milk
brown sugar
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Warm milk. Boil water, add tea, let steep. Fill teacups or mugs ½ full with milk. Fill rest of the way with tea. Add brown sugar to taste.
