Recipes

When you want to cool down on a hot summer day or just have a wonderful treat in your day, try these delicious tea recipes from Nordqvist!

Traditional iced tea

4 servings

3 teaspoons of black tea
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons of sugar
4 lemon slices
Ice cubes

- Pour a liter of boiling water over the tea, let it brew for 4-5 minutes and strain the tea
- Mix lemon juice and sugar into the tea and let the drink cool
- Serve iced tea with a lemon slice and ice cubes.

Mint gemstone

4 servings

0.5 liters of water
2-3 Smaragdi tea bags
1/2 liter of sparkling water
Mint leaves
Ice

- boil 0.5 liters of water, cool to about 80 degrees
- add 2-3 tea bags (Smaragdi, from the multi-flavor pack Green Treasure ), brew for 2 min.
- let cool in a cool place
- add 0.5 liters of sparkling water, serve and enjoy with ice and fresh mint leaves.

Cherry iced tea

2 servings

100 g of cherries
8 tablespoons of apricot syrup
8 teaspoons of Kultaseni Darjeeling tea
Juice of 1/2 lemon
mineral water

- Wash and dry the cherries. Remove the stones and puree the berries. Mix the cherry puree and apricot syrup together.
- Pour 1/2 liter of hot water over the leaf tea, let it brew for 2-3 min and strain the tea. Add lemon juice and let cool.
- Mix the cherry puree with the tea and divide the drink into two glasses. Fill the glasses with mineral water.

Red tea cocktail

4 servings

5 dl ready-made Earl Gray tea
1.5 dl of apricot liqueur
2.5 dl of sparkling water
1 lemon

- Mix cold Earl Gray tea and apricot liqueur together. Divide into four glasses and fill the glasses with sparkling water.
- slice a lemon, add one slice to each glass and serve.

A summer dream

6 servings

4 tablespoons of black tea
7.5 dl of water
350 g of strawberries
300 g of red currants
Juice of 2 oranges
Juice of 1 lemon
Bubble water
Sugar to your taste
Ice

- Pour boiling tea water over the tea leaves, let it brew for four minutes and strain the tea into a container with a lid. Sweeten the tea to your taste and let it cool.
- Peel and clean the strawberries and currants. Chop the strawberries.
- Mix the orange and lemon juice into the tea and add the berries. Put the lid on and let it season in the fridge for at least an hour.
- Divide the drink into glasses, fill the glasses with sparkling water, add two ice cubes to each glass and enjoy the summer day.

The Summer Bride of the Emperor

The amount you want

Keisarin's Bride tea
Orange slices
Ice

- prepare Keisari's Bride tea as usual, either from loose or bagged tea
- cool well, add ice cubes or crushed ice
- Garnish with orange slices and enjoy cold in good company.

Lemon joke

4 servings

0.5 liters of water
2-3 Rooibos tea bags
0.5 liters of sparkling water
A splash of lemon juice
Lemon slices
Ice

- boil 0.5 liters of water
- add 2-3 rooibos bags, simmer for 2 minutes
- let cool in a cool place, add a splash of lemon juice
- add 0.5 liters of sparkling water, Garnish and enjoy with ice and lemon slices.