• DARJEELING TEA RECIPES

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  Jun 18

  DARJEELING TEA
  Take fresh water from the cold tap and boil.
  Warm teapot by rinsing out with hot water.
  Put one teaspoonful of tea leaf for each cup into teapot.
  Pour boiling water into it. Cover and wait for three minutes.
  Pour liquid tea from the teapot into cup through a strainer.
  Add milk / sugar to taste.

  DARJEELING LEMON TEA
  A tempter at all times ! Into a piping hot cup of tea, add a few drops of lemon (not milk) and sugar to taste, stir, and sip in the goodness of tea with the richness of lemon.

  DARJEELING HOT SPICE LEMON TEA
  Serving :12 People
  Ingredients:
  1/2 level tsp. whole cloves
  1/2 a stick of cinnamon
  1 oz. tea
  4 oz. sugar
  1/4 pint Orange Juice Or squash
  Juice of 2 lemons
  Cinnamon sticks to serve
  Procedure:
  Add the spices to the water and bring to the boil. Pour onto the tea and allow to brew for 5 minutes. Stir, strain onto the sugar and stir until dissolved. Add the fruit juices. To reheat before serving (if necessary) place over a low heat-do not simmer or boil. Serve with cinnamon sticks.

  DARJEELING ICED TEA
  Take fresh water from the cold tap and boil.
  Put two teaspoonful of tea into teapot for each person to get strong brew.
  Pour in boiling water. Cover teapot and wait for at least five minutes.
  Fill three-fourths of a large glass tumbler with ice cubes. Pour tea from the teapot. Add sugar syrup and sliced lemon to taste, but no milk. You can add a spring of mint.
  Cool for a few minutes and imbibe straight or through a straw.

  DARJEELING TEA FRUIT
  Serving:12People
  Ingredients:
  4 oz. sugar
  2 pints water
  1/4 pint strong fresh tea, strained
  1/4 pint Fruit Syrup (e.g. rose hip)
  1/4 pint orange squash
  1/4 pint lemon squash
  1/4 pint pineapple Squash
  1 small bottle lemonade
  12 fresh or canned cherries
  2 bananas, sliced Ice
  Procedure:
  Boil the sugar and 1/4 pint water together for 5 minutes. Add the cooled tea, the rest of the water, the fruit syrup and fruit squashes. Chill and when ready to serve add the other ingredients and the ice.

  DARJEELING TEA PUNCH
  Serving:12 People
  Ingredients:
  1/2 pint strong tea
  6 oz. sugar
  1/2 pint orange squash
  4 tbsps. lemon juice
  2 small bottles ginger ale
  1 large bottle lemonade
  1 orange, sliced
  Procedure:
  Put the hot tea in a bowl, add the sugar and stir until dissolved. Add the orange squash and lemon juice and strain. Chill. Just before serving mix in the ginger ale, lemonade and orange slices.

  DARJEELING TEA JELLY
  Ingredients:
  2 Lemons
  1 pkt. Lemon Jelly
  3/4 pint freshly brewed tea
  Whipped cream to decorate
  Procedure:
  Grate the skins of the lemons finely. Place the jelly in a measure and make up to 1 pint with freshly brewed tea. Stir until dissolved, then cool. When it is slightly thickened stir in the grated lemon peel and pour into a wetted 1-pint mould or into individual moulds. Decorate with cream.

  DARJEELINGTEA ICE CREAM
  Serving:
  2 lbs. of tea ice cream
  Ingredients:
  2 oz Dry tea (with good flavour)
  1 lb Refined sugar
  1 oz Arrowroot or cornflour
  2 lbs Fresh milk
  Procedure:
  Heat water and remove quickly from fire when boiling. Rinse out teapot with hot water and put in tea leaves. Pour boiling water into teapot. Infuse for 8 to10 minutes. Strain off infusion and keep aside.
  Boil milk. Next, blend sugar with arrowroot (or cornflour) thoroughly and add lo boiled milk. Let mixture simmer for about10 minutes stirring continuously to avoid lumps. Remove from fire, add tea infusion, stir and freeze.

   

  
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