Ice tea with flowers and fruits

We’ve heard many people say they don’t like to drink tea in summer. We say it’s a total lapse because, except of the quality hydration it can give you on a hot day, a good and proper for the season tea drink adds mood and health benefits from the herbs. And if you’re not into hot tea on a hot day, go for a glass or two of cold one. That’s exactly the idea behind today’s recipe dedicated to the various applications of our favourite edible flowers – herbs from Bulgaria, rose and lavender.

Here we give you not one but two recipes for cold tea prepared via the cold brew method, meaning cold extraction of the aromas and the useful properties of those floral herbs. A cold brew might take longer to prepare but we believe the patience is totally worth it, having in mind the result which gives you a different flavour experience and, in some cases, better nutrients absorption. Take for example vitamin C which is contained in good quantities in rose damascene but most of it would be in a cup of hot tea as vitamin C is temperature sensitive. In addition, recently we read research saying that rose and lavender are herbs possessing cooling effect, together with mint and lemon grass. What’s better on a hot day?

ROSE AND PEACH ICE TEA

PRODUCTS:
1 l water
4 tablespoons Rosey’s Mark dried rose blossom
2 tablespoons honey or other sweetener of your choice
½ peach, sliced

PREPARATION METHOD:

1. In a jug or bottle with cap, pour the water and add the dried rose blossom and the honey. Leave in fridge overnight.
2. Serve in a glass full of ice cubes and add 2 slices of peach.

LAVENDER AND BLUEBERRIES ICE TEA

PRODUCTS:
1 l water
4 tablespoons Rosey’s Mark dried lavender blossom
2 tablespoons honey or other sweetener of your choice
½ cup blueberries

PREPARATION METHOD:

1. In a jug or bottle with cap, pour the water and add the dried lavender blossom and the honey. Leave in fridge overnight.
2. Serve in a glass full of ice cubes and add a handful fresh blueberries.

Note: don’t miss to scrunch the blueberries in your mouth in order to fully enjoy the flavour blend of lavender and berries

If this article inspires you to try more homemade drinks with rose and lavender, don’t miss to see our cocktails recipe with rose-infused gin which would turn out really nicely also using lavender.