Feisty Iced Tea

Some iced teas just aren't for the kids. Here are some boozy iced tea recipes.

Bengal Tiger Tea

Add a bit of roar to your iced tea with bitters and cognac. It's a sophisticated and different way to serve an iced tea cocktail.

Ingredients:

• 4 oz cold tea
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 2 dashes aromatic bitters
• 1 tsp sugar syrup (see below for recipe)
• 1 1/2 oz cognac

Preparation:

Mix ingredients and serve over ice, with a lemon slice.

Carolina Iced Tea (if this one seems too boozey for you, adjust the amounts to your taste)

1 1/2 oz peach liqueur
1 oz spiced rum
1 oz peach schnapps
1/2 oz vodka
5 oz sweet iced tea

Add alcohol to glass and stir lightly. Pour in iced tea. Stir a few more times and serve.

Note: Add a splash of lemon and garnish with a twist for a classy drink or serve in a mason jar for a real down-home feel.

 

Watermelon Strawberry Slush

Prepare the iced tea iced cubes in advance and then

• 1 cup hulled fresh strawberries
• 1 1/2 cups cubed, seeded watermelon
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup ice cubes made from strong black tea

 

~Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Pour into 2 goblets and serve.

 

Viennese Iced Tea

Crushed ice

Slice lemon

Superfine sugar to taste

1 1/2 ounces rum or brandy

Freshly brewed, hot tea

Fresh mint sprigs

Fill a 14-ounce collins glass three-quarters full with crushed ice. Add the lemon slice, sugar and rum or brandy. Fill up with tea and stir gently. Garnish with mint.

Gin Tea & Lemon Fizz

1 cup water

4 teaspoons black tea leaves or 4 tea bags (such as Darjeeling)

1 cup frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed

1 cup gin

2 cups sparkling water

Ice cubes

In small saucepan, bring 1 cup water to boil. Add tea leaves. Remove from heat. Cover and let steep 15 minutes. Chill overnight.

Strain tea mixture into pitcher; discard tea leaves. Add lemonade concentrate and gin, then sparkling water to pitcher; stir to blend. Serve over ice.

Southern Kick

Iced Tea

½ oz of Southern Comfort

½ oz of whiskey

Just mix all the ingredients and serve on crushed ice.

Spiced Rum Iced Tea

½ tsp lemon juice

1 ¼ oz spiced rum

5 oz iced tea

Mix all the ingredients together and serve over crushed ice in high ball glasses.

 

Tea Spike

1 ½ oz white rum

½ dark crème de cacao

4 oz iced tea,

Some vanilla extract

Mix everything together in a cocktail shaker and serve on crushed ice in high ball glasses.