Garden Tea Punch Recipes

TEA PUNCH

Steps:

• In a pitcher, combine sugar and tea. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in orange juice, pineapple juice and lemonade. Chill in refrigerator for 4 hours.
• Just before serving, pour chilled juice mixture into a punch bowl and stir in ginger ale.

CITRUS TEA PUNCH

Steps:

• Steep tea bags in boiling water for 15 minutes. Discard bags. Stir sugar into tea until dissolved. Add the soda, orange juice and lemon juice; mix well. Refrigerate until chilled. , Serve over ice. Garnish with orange and lemon slices and mint if desired.

GREEN TEA RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• Brew the Sencha and mint tea in 22 ounces of boiling water. Add the raw sugar to the hot tea, and stir until the sugar dissolves. Steep the tea for a few minutes. Remove the tea bags/leaves and discard.Pour the tea into a large pitcher and cool down by adding a quart of crushed ice. Add the lime juice and rum, and stir to incorporate.Serve by pouring the punch over a large chunk of ice. Ladle each cocktail into a punch glass and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

GREEN TEA PUNCH

Steps:

• In a large heatproof bowl, combine the hot teas and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add 4 cups ice, and stir until ice has dissolved and the tea is cool. Add the lime juice and rum, and stir well.
• Transfer to a large punch bowl, and add a large block of ice. To serve, ladle into cups. Grate whole nutmeg or sprinkle ground nutmeg over top. Alternatively, the mixture may be refrigerated until chilled and served in ice-filled cups; garnish with nutmeg.

GARDEN TEA PUNCH

Steps:

• Place water, sugar, mint, and lavender or borage, if desired, in a large stainless-steel or nonreactive pan. Bring to boiling; remove from heat and let steep for 20 minutes. Strain mixture through 100 percent-cotton cheesecloth-lined colander.
• Add orange juice, lemon juice, and tea to flavored water; chill. Just before serving, add chilled club soda. If desired, sprinkle punch with flower petals and serve with flower ice cubes or ring.
• Flower Ice Cubes: Fill ice-cube trays half full with water and place an edible blossom or petal on water in each cube. Freeze until firm, then fill the tray with water and freeze again.
• Flower Ice Ring: Fill ring mold half full with water and place edible blossoms or petals on water in ring. Freeze until firm, then fill the mold with water and freeze again.
• Make-Ahead Tip: Prepare punch except do not add club soda. Cover and chill up to 24 hours. Prepare Flower Ice Cubes or Flower Ice Ring and freeze. Add club soda to punch before serving.

GARDEN-OF-EVIL PUNCH

Steps:

• Fill an 8-inch cake pan with 1/2 inch water; freeze until solid, at least 4 hours.
• Arrange fruits evenly in pan, reserving a few cherries and a handful each of sliced kumquats and pomegranate seeds for serving. Fill pan with water halfway up sides of fruit (do not overfill, or ice will cover fruit); freeze until solid, at least 4 hours.
• In a large bowl, combine sake, wine, and pomegranate juice. When ready to serve, run warm water around edges of pan to loosen ice mold; gently unmold and float in bowl. Add reserved cherries to bowl with edible leaves. To serve, ladle punch into glasses, then top with seltzer and reserved pomegranate seeds and kumquats.

BASIC TEA PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients and sweeten to taste. Put ice in a punch bowl and pour the mixture over it. Serve in 4-ounce punch glasses.

GREEN TEA PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine the green tea, orange juice, pineapple juice and ginger ale in a punch bowl and mix well.
• Mix in the pineapple and small scoops of the sherbet. Serve.