Iced Tea Recipes

June is National Iced Tea month, and the summer season is the perfect time to sip on iced tea—spiked or not!

According to the Tea Association of the U.S.A. Inc., tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world next to water, and approximately 75 - 80% of tea consumed in America is iced.

If your bar or restaurant menu is lacking tea options—think again! See below for some non-alc and alcoholic innovative iced tea recipes to get you started.

Non-Alcoholic Iced Tea Recipes

Ube Iced Tea

Ingredients:

1 oz. Monin Ube Syrup

6 oz. iced tea

Glass: Glass

Glass Size: 16 oz.

Garnish: lemon, mint

Directions:

1. Fill serving glass full of ice.
2. Pour ingredients into serving glass in order listed.
3. Stir gently to mix.
4. Add garnish and serve.

Iced Vanilla Matcha

Ingredients:

1 oz. Monin® Matcha Tea Concentrate 

½ oz. Monin® Vanilla Syrup

6 oz. Milk

Directions:

1. Fill serving glass full of ice.
2. Pour ingredients into serving glass in order listed.
3. Stir gently to mix.
4. Add garnish and serve.

Strawberry Rose Iced Tea

Ingredients:

3/4 oz. Monin Strawberry Rose Syrup

7 oz. iced tea

Garnish: strawberry, lemon wedge

Directions:

1. Fill serving glass full of ice.
2. Pour ingredients into serving glass in order listed.
3. Pour mixture into mixing tin and back into serving glass to mix.
4. Add garnish and serve.

Alcoholic Iced Tea Recipes

Proper Palmer

Ingredients:

2 parts Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey 

2 parts Lemonade

2 parts Iced Tea

Directions:

1. Pour Proper No. Twelve over ice.
2. Add lemonade and iced tea.
3. Stir.
4. Garnish with lemon slices.

F&Tea

Ingredients:

.5 parts Fraser & Thompson Whiskey

4 parts iced tea

.5 parts citrus juice

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a tall glass over ice.
2. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Garden Punch

Ingredients:

0.2 oz Revivalist Garden Gin

0.75 oz Lemon

0.75 oz Simple syrup

1–2 oz Chamomile tea

Garnish: Lemon wheel & mint or lavender sprig

Directions:

1. Pour all ingredients in a shaker half-filled with ice. 

2. Shake for 3-5 seconds. 

3. Strain into large rocks glass over one large ice cube.

Chamomile Collins

Ingredients: 

1 1⁄2 oz Empress 1908 Indigo Gin 

1 oz Lemon Juice

1 oz Chamomile Tea Syrup 

Soda Water to top & a Lemon Wheel 

Directions:

1. Shake the gin, lemon juice and chamomile syrup on ice.
2. Strain into a chilled Collins glass on fresh ice.
3. Top with soda water, and garnish with a lemon wheel and/or dried chamomile flowers.

Matcha Made in Heaven

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz. Vodka

¼ oz. Monin® Mojito Mix

¾ oz. Monin® Matcha Tea Concentrate

¾ oz. Fresh lime juice

Directions:

1. Fill serving glass full of ice.
2. Pour ingredients into mixing glass with 2/3 ice in order listed.
3. Cap, shake and strain into serving glass with ice.
4. Add garnish and serve.

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