ICED TEA SMOOTHIE

Ingredients
One cup cold strong English breakfast tea
One cup frozen blueberries, raspberries or strawberries, or a combination
Half cup plain yogurt
Half cup apple or cranberry juice
One tablespoon honey (optional)

In a blender or food processor combine tea, frozen berries of choice, cranberry juice and honey. Blend on high speed until smooth.

This is a powerhouse drink, full of healthy anti-oxidants.

Serve immediately.
A great way to start your day.

Cranberry Tea

Ingredients
Three cups water
One third cup sugar
Three small black tea bags
One tablespoon lemon juice
One cup cranberry juice

Method:
Bring water to a boil.
Add tea bags and steep five minutes.
Add sugar, lemon  juice and cranberry juice.

Yils about three and a half cups.

MULLED CIDER AND TEA

Ingredients
Four cups freshly brewed black tea
Four cups apple cider
Two cinnamon sticks, broken
Twelve whole cloves
2 slices fresh ginger root, peeled
One third cup honey
Orange slices and haved cinnamon stick for garnish , if desired.

Method
Combine tea, cider, ginger and honey in a suace-pan and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for five minute. Transfer to crock pot to keep warm.
Serve and garnish.

This can be  transferred to a container to cool  and refrigerated to reheat later.

BLACK TEA & MUSHROOM CANAPES

Ingredients
Five cups sliced mushrooms
One tablespoon olive oil
One eighth cup green onion, finely chopped
Sea salt to taste
A pinch of Chili (medium or hot, a you like it.)
Half teaspoon vinegar
Half cup water
One tablespoon good quality black tea leaves
Twenty-four slices of thinly sliced french bread
Two ounces unsalted butter

Method
Pour boiling water over the tea leaves, let steep five minutes
Add vinegar, salt, chili powder to tea.
Saute mushrooms in oil in frying panuntil lightly browned
Stir in green onions
Pour in tea mixture and simmer
Strain through a fie sieve, cool mushrooms and chop them finely.
Cut bread into desired shapes, spread ith softened butter and mound mushroom mixture on top.

These are absolutely delicious.  Yield: 48

HAWAIIN ICED TEA

Ingredients
One gallon freshly brewed black tea
Quarter cup sugar
One twelve ounce can frozen pineapple juice concentrate

Method
Mix all ingredients together. Refrigerate.
Serve over ice. Serves twenty.

GREEN TEA ICE CREAM

Serves 8
Ingredients
1 quart heavy cream
2 cups milk
1 and one quarter cups sugar
Half teaspoon salt
Quarter teaspoon Matcha tea powder

Method
Boil cream over high heat
until reduced by half
Bring to room temperature, cover and refrigerate
until well chilled.
Combine reduced cream with remaining ingredients and mix until sugar
is dissolved.
Pour into ice trays and freeze.

So easy! So delicious!

TEA CLIPPER COCKTAIL

Ingredients
Fresh apple juice, cinnamon tea (half cup to two cups water)
Apple liqueur to taste (optional)
Ice cubes
Prepare cinnamon flavored iced tea
Chill tall cocktail glasses
To serve:
Place ice cubes in the bottom of each glass
Pour in one third of the tea and two thirds apple juice.
Decorate with a slice of lime
Serve Ice cold