Tea Time … With Summer Cocktails! (Recipes)

We spend so much time complaining about the rain and the snow that we will never, ever complain about this glorious summer heat! But that doesn’t mean we don’t crave a chilled cocktail. An ice-cold drink, a patio and nowhere to go—what could be better than that? And because we don’t want you wasting any of your precious summer energy, we’ve got a few must-try summer cocktail recipes for you to whip up—all featuring Wize Monkey tea, made from coffee leaves so it’s deliciously smooth, lightly sweet and higher in antioxidants than either green tea or your usual mug of java (read more about our favourite tea maker here). Cheers! —Vita Daily

Back Porch Sour

1 oz bourbon
1 oz peach shnapps
2 oz steeped/prepared Wize Monkey Minty Marvel Tea
Juice of half a lemon or lime
4 dashes (about 1 ml each) bitters
1 splash egg white
1 oz simple syrup

Shake all ingredients and strain into a rocks glass, serve with a dash of bitters, a cherry and a stir stick.

Poppins Cider

1 oz vanilla vodka
1 oz Lonetree Cider
2 oz steeped/prepared Wize Monkey Earl Grey Tea
Juice of half a lemon or lime
1 oz simple syrup
1 oz apple juice
1/4 apple, muddled

Muddle 1/4 of an apple in a glass, add the rest of the ingredients and shake. Pour into a rocks glass and fill 2/3 of it with ice. Top with Lonetree Cider and stir. Serve with slice of apple and a cinnamon stick.

Aladdin’s Day Off

1 oz Bombay Sapphire
1 oz Soho Henkell
2 oz steeped/prepared Wize Monkey Jasmine Tea
Juice of half a lemon or lime
1 oz simple syrup
1 strawberry

Pour jasmine tea, Bombay Sapphire, Soho Henkell, lemon or lime juice and simple syrup into a mixing glass and shake. Pour into a tulip glass and fill 2/3 with ice. Serve with sliced strawberry and top with more Soho Henkell.

A Wize Decision

2 oz vodka
2 oz steeped/prepared Wize Monkey Mango Party Tea
Juice of half a lemon or lime
1 oz mango syrup
2 dashes (aout 1 ml each) of orange bitters
3 slices of jalapeño pepper

Muddle jalapeño slices (remove the seeds first). Pour all the other ingredients in a shaker and mix. Strain and pour into a tall rocks glass and fill 2/3 with ice. Serve with a slice of jalapeño and a lemon twist.

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