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Springtime (or anytime) Lemonade

2 pints blueberries

1 cup sugar

1 cup fresh lemon juice

1 quart water

In a blender, combine blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice.  Puree until smooth.  Strain the mixture into a pitcher and add the water.  To serve, pour over ice in pretty glasses.  Don't put ice in the pitcher since this will dilute the liquid and may splash onto linens when serving.  Place ice into glasses first, and then pour lemonade over ice into glass.  Enjoy.

Wassail Tea Punch

4 c. hot brewed tea     1 c. sugar     1 (32 oz.) bottle cranberry juice    

1 (32 oz.) bottle apple juice     2 c. orange juice     3/4 c. lemon juice    

2 cinnamon sticks     24 whole cloves, divided     1 orange, sliced

In a large pot over medium high heat, combine brewed tea and sugar.  Mix well and add cranberry juice, apple juice, orange juice, lemon juice, cinnamon sticks and 12 whole cloves.  Bring mixture to a boil for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Remove from heat and transfer mixture to a large punch bowl.  Press remaining 12 whole cloves into orange slices and add to punch bowl.  Punch can be served hot or cold.

Recipe above from A Little Indulgence -- TEA ©2005 CQ Products. The information is used by permission of CQ Products.  This is copyrighted property and may not be re-printed or used in any manner without proper authority from the publisher. Order A Little Indulgence -- TEA ©2005 from CQ Products today.

A Taste of the Tropics Colada*
2 cups (500mL) water

6 Bigelow® Taste of the Tropics tea bags

1/3 cup (80mL) sugar

1 cup (250mL) rum

½ cup (125mL) Coco Lopez

Ice cubes

Yield: Makes 4 drinks

ADULTS ONLY: Try a Bigelow “Naughteas” Cocktail - a drink made using Bigelow Tea and alcohol. (or try without the alcohol!)   Make tea by infusing 2 cups (500mL) boiling water with 6 Bigelow® Taste of the Tropics tea bags for 5 minutes.   Remove tea bags and add sugar, mix well and chill. Add rum, Coco Lopez and ice cubes.

Shake and strain into martini glasses. Garnish with little umbrellas.
*Recipe reprinted by permission of Bigelow Tea Company www.bigelowtea.com 

“Naughteas are the perfect blend of tea and fun,” says Cindi Bigelow, a third-generation Bigelow family member and the company’s co-president. “They’re certainly different from your normal cup of tea and they’re the kind of unique, different drink that can spice up any event.”
 
Created using different varieties of Bigelow teas, Naughteas are the ideal recipe for backyard parties, weddings, bachelorette parties, bridal showers, engagement parties, the holidays or any event. There are 18 varieties of Naughteas that can be mixed up, including unusual named concoctions such as the “Constant Comment Cosmo” and the “Greenie Martini”.

For the entire list of Naughteas recipes, please visit www.bigelowtea.com 

Apple-tea-ni
A great non-alcoholic drink that's a new take on 'afternoon tea'.

Stirrings Apple Mixer (see www.stirrings.com)
Iced Tea

Mix about 1 cup of Stirrings Apple Mixer into a half gallon of unsweetened iced tea. Adds a sweet apple taste and dissolves almost instantly!

Above and below recipes printed by permission of www.stirrings.com

 Iced Tea Lemonade

Stirrings Lemonade Mixer (see www.stirrings.com)

Iced Tea

Mix about 1 cup of Stirrings Lemonade Mixer into a half gallon of unsweetened iced tea. Adds a sweet lemonade taste and dissolves almost instantly!

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