A collection of my fun recipes inspired by our teas. Exotic brews, tea infused food and more. Serve with Love. For best results, always share.
We are returning to our tea studio kitchen to trial more recipes for you. Look out for updates on our Recipe Trunk here. We'd love to hear how these recipes turned out for you.
RECIPE FOR: Lemon Green Tea & Honey Cupcakes
Delicate Green Tea infused with real lemon peels adds a refreshing twist to your favourite cupcake recipe. If you love your green tea, why not eat it too.
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 cup buttermilk, 1/2 cup butter, 3/4 cup honey, 2 large eggs
SERVES:
12-14 cupcakes
OUR PICK:
1 Tea Trunk Lemon Green Tea bag
WATER 1/2 cup
BREWING TIME - 3 minutes
WATER TEMPERATURE - 80° C
DIRECTIONS:
Brew tea as instructed and allow to cool. Mix with buttermilk; set aside. Combine remaining ingredients to make the cake batter. Add the lemon tea mixture to the batter. Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake for 18-22 minutes
RECIPE FOR : Vanilla Peach Iced Tea
Real vanilla beans infused with robust Black Tea adds a sparkle to your favorite peach Iced Tea.
INGREDIENTS
3 tbps Demerara sugar,
2 ripe peaches - pitted and sliced, mint
SERVES: 6 lucky folks
OUR PICK: 4 Tea Trunk Vanilla Black Tea bags
WATER-6 cups
BREWING TIME- 3-5 minutes
DIRECTIONS
Brew tea as instructed. Add sliced peaches to tea and boil. Simmer for 5-6 minutes, and then add sugar. Allow the tea to cool and strain. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Include a few peach slices in each glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
RECIPE FOR: Vanilla Tea Infused Strawberry Jam
Sweet strawberries balanced with earthiness of vanilla black tea, that will make your toasts go yay!
INGREDIENTS
2 kgs strawberries, juice from one lemon, 11/2 cups sugar
SERVES: 5x 500ml pretty glass jars
OUR PICK: 4 Tea Trunk Vanilla Black Tea bags
BREWING TIME - Till fruit softens
TEMPERATURE- 100° C
DIRECTIONS
Add tea bags to quartered strawberries, lemon juice and sugar in a large pot. Bring to boil, stirring frequently for a good 5 minutes. When fruit softens remove tea bags. Strain to get pulp. Simmer pulp for 1/2-2 hours, stirring till pulp thickens.
RECIPE FOR: Ginger Orange Iced Tea
Ginger infused with robust whole-leaf Assam black teawith
fresh orange juice. De-congesting
the mind and body.
INGREDIENTS:
3 tbps sugar, Fresh juice of 2 oranges, mint
SERVES: 6 lucky folks
OUR PICK: 4 Tea TrunkGinger Root Black Tea bags
WATER- 6 cups
BREWING TIME - 3-5 minutes
WATER TEMPERATURE - 100 C
DIRECTIONS
Brew tea as instructed. Addfresh orangejuiceto tea andadd sugar. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Include a sliceof orange in each glass. Gamish with
a sprig of mint.
RECIPE FOR: Rose Oolong MiniCupcakes
Delightful cupcakes with the sweetness of rose. Perfect for when you're feeling indulgent.
SERVES: 4-5 mini cupcakes
OUR PICK: 2Tea TrunkRose Oolong Teabag
WATER- 1 Cup
BREWING TIME: 3-5 minutes
WATER TEMPERATURE- 80'C
DIRECTIONS
Add 2 tsp. sugar & rose water to tea while brewing as instructed. Melt butter and set aside to cool. Beat eggs, 1/2 cup sugar & salt for about 8 min.Add 2 tbsps.oftea mixture & stir. Fold the flour in this mixture little at a time. Add the melted butter to it.Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake ingredients. And serve.
