Spiked & Spiced Tea

14 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • Spiced Syrup
  • 1 tablespoon dried peppermint
  • 1 tablespoon dried lemongrass
  • 3 tablespoons ground ginger
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • Spiked & Spiced Tea
  • 16 ounces boiling water
  • 4 green tea bags
  • 2 ounces Spiced Syrup
  • 2-3 ounces gin (optional)
  • 2 sprigs mint
  • ice

Directions

  1. 1
    Whisk all ingredients together in a small saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring to make sure sugar dissolves, and cook for 1 to 2 min.
  2. 2
    Remove from heat. Cover and allow mixture to steep until room temperature, about 20 min. Strain peppermint and lemongrass out. Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.
  3. 3
    Steep tea bags in boiling water for 4 minutes.
  4. 4
    Remove tea bags. Stir in Spiced Syrup and let cool in refrigerator.
  5. 5
    Thoroughly stir gin into cooled tea mixture. (For a non-alcoholic Spiced Tea, simply omit this step.)
  6. 6
    Add ice as desired. Add more gin or syrup to taste. Garnish with fresh mint sprig.
  7. 7
    Note: For a Spiced Tea Toddy, skip the refrigerator and serve piping hot!

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