I am sure there are few nicer things than sitting up in
bed, drinking strong tea, and reading. Tea is such an important drink in our
lives. Back in India I only tasted two types of tea –black tea and tea with
spices and milk. Only when I came to London, I saw such huge flavours of tea; after
all “tea is Britain’s favourite drink”. But it was not like this always; oh
yes! There was a time when Britain only had gin, coffee and ale- even at
breakfast. Slowly the time changed and so did the habits- people begin enjoying
and tasting tea.
Twinings was there
at that time. It is a brand which is 300 years old and has an amazing catalogue
of flavours when it comes to tea. They have white teas,
herbal
teas, black
teas, organic
teas-Oh! You name it!!! I tasted Twinings winter spice tea recently, and I was so moved by the taste. It is naturally
caffeine free and contains natural ingredients like cinnamon, hibiscus and
blackberry leaves. The smell is the best part-once you open the packet your
nose fills with aroma. Why not it has Cinnamon - my beloved spice. All you have to do is brew the tea bags for 3
minutes and you get that perfect red colour and fragrance. The taste is mildly
sweet and spicy, steaming with flavours.
Do you see the beautiful red colour?? |
The hot tea is indeed the best option looking at the weather
of London, but I also experimented making ice tea with its tea bags. I loved
the colour and cinnamon and blackberry leaves taste in the cold tea as well. I
added in some sugar and lime juice to bring the authentic ice tea taste. Let’s
see the recipe.
Ingredients:
3 cups of water
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 teaspoon lime juice
5 teabags of Twinings' Winter Spice
7-8 ice cubes
Method:
Heat 3 cups of water and bring to boil.
Add teabags in the boiled water and mix. Let it sit
covered for 3-4 minutes. Discard the tea bags.
Add sugar to it and let it dissolve completely.
Add sugar to it and let it dissolve completely.
Pour cold water in the above mixture. Also mix in the
limejuice.
Take glasses and add ice cubes in it. Slowly add the tea
and mix well.
Enjoy the new flavourful ice tea.
Taste:
Refreshing, sweet and little spicy.
Disclaimer: I was not paid or told to write positive review. The post is based on my experience and is unbiased. With thanks to Twinings for the review samples.
Nice review ,I liked the colour of the tea..iced teas is perfect on a day like this..so nice and sunny isnt it..enjoying it :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Vinee. Oh yes I went out shopping in this sunny day and enjoyed this ice tea :)
ReplyDeleteofcourse i see the colour-it reminds me of ruafza in india
ReplyDeletethis is so amazing. i love the ice tea
ReplyDeletethis is so amazing. i love the ice tea
ReplyDeletehave seen them in tesco, will buy this time :) :) :) :)Nice review
ReplyDeleteShweta,
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice way to dress up a tea...loved your pics too. It is perfect for the weather we are having here :)
Loved the colour of the tea. Good review too.
ReplyDeletelove the way you presented the tea..great review..
ReplyDeleteThanks Shobha :)
ReplyDeletelovely color , the Iced tea would have been a great thirst quencher
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