What’s in The Butler?

Remember The Pinup, a classic vanilla black tea with an alluring vanilla scent and flavour? It wasn’t only the quality black tea and vanilla pieces that made it so good. Calendula petals and jasmine flowers made it pretty, too. The Butler is following the same recipe – great Ceylon black tea leaves flavoured with natural bergamot flavour and a few carefully chosen ingredients – sunflower petals and lime leaves.  

It’s available in as loose tea in pyramid tea bags and pouches. Tea bags contain a very generous quantity of loose tea and enough space for tea leaves to expand. Although there’s a lot of difference between tea bags and loose tea, in this case, the only difference between loose tea and tea bags is the brewing method. Quality is the same for both.

This tea has a very intense bergamot scent and a deep black tea base. It’s sharp and aromatic with a touch of sweetness. Freshness comes from Ceylon black tea, which is typically brisker and brighter than many other black teas.

What does it taste like?

To make a cup of this tea, bring fresh water to a boil and steep 1 tea bag or 1 teaspoon of tea leaves in a cup of water for 3-4 minutes.

Even though the scent is very intense, it’s a very mellow tea. Bergamot is not overpowering, not dominant. It perfectly balances the black tea base and offers an unmistakable earl grey flavour. However, it may be good to pay attention to the brewing time, as over brewing may reveal some astringency.

Because of the fresher Sri Lankan black tea as the base, this tea is great for adding either milk or lemon. A splash of milk will mellow down any potential astringency and add a creamy touch, with an aromatic bergamot bottom note and a hint of lime leaves. This also makes it an excellent breakfast or afternoon tea. Honey is the best sweetener for this tea, especially if you add lemon. With milk, you could even avoid sweeteners as the milk itself will add enough natural sweetness. However, you don’t need to add any condiments, as this tea doesn’t really need any.

This earl grey would be an amazing iced milk tea, hot earl grey lattes including London Fog, and it would be equally great for making iced teas with lemon. It’s a perfect choice for making earl grey based drinks.

It has just the right balance of bergamot and black tea. If you love traditional earl grey, you’ll like this tea too.

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water or milk

Day or night? Day

Hot or iced? Hot or cold

Sweetened or pure? Pure or sweetened

Caffeine? Yes

What’s the price? From £3.49 (different options available)

Where to buy? Get it from Tea and the Gang website or Amazon

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What is a tea tonic?

Tea tonic is a drink made with icy cold tonic and brewed tea. The idea originated from coffee tonic; a refreshing drink made with a shot of espresso poured over cold tonic. To get a two layered look, make sure the tonic is fresh and icy cold and always pour tea straight onto the ice.

Tea tonic usually contains a caffeinated tea, so make sure to use a decaf tea for a caffeine-free drink.

What is the best tea for making tea tonic boba?

You can use any tea you want to make this drink. Earl grey is a wonderful classic choice that pairs extremely well with tonic and grape flavoured boba pearls. You can also use other types of black tea, both flavoured and pure. Stronger pure of flavoured green teas, dark oolongs, ripe pu’erh and flavoured shou mei white teas are all great choices. Choose teas you usually enjoy drinking.

Tonic is already sweet enough, and this drink doesn’t need any additional sweeteners. However, always brew the tea properly to avoid extreme bitterness or murkiness.

Some great teas to try:

• Assam black tea
• Mango flavoured black tea
• Coconut flavoured black tea
• Peach flavoured green tea
• Red robe oolong tea

Why adding popping boba?

Popping boba is a boba tea ingredient filled with fruit juices. When you bite into it, popping boba will burst, adding another delicious fruity note to tea tonic. These boba pearls are used for making fruit bobas rather than milk boba teas. They come in a whole range of flavours, such as peach, pineapple, lychee, grapes, mango etc. Popping boba doesn’t need to be cooked or washed and you can simply add them to any juice or drink.

Ingredients for making Tea Tonic Boba

Tonic: choose any tonic you want, as long as it’s freshly opened. Avoid using flat tonics. Alternatively, you can use a flavoured carbonated water too.  

Tea: make a stronger brew using 1 heaped teaspoon of tea leaves, and steep for 3-5 minutes, depending on the tea type. If you want to extract more flavour, add more tea leaves instead of steeping them longer.

Popping boba: They are usually available in smaller containers, enough for making three drinks. If you are using regular unflavoured black or green tea, choose your favourite flavour. If you are using flavoured teas, try to match the popping boba flavour with the flavour of tea. Grape flavoured pearls pair extremelly well with earl grey tea. Add popping boba before adding ice.

Ice: add lots of ice into tonic before adding tea. Set aside for a couple of minutes until your tonic is icy cold. While waiting, brew the tea to save time.

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Earl Grey Tea Tonic Boba

Super tasty tea tonic boba with grape popping pearls

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Earl Grey, Popping Boba

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• Kettle
• Serving glass

Ingredients

• 120 ml tonic or 1/3 glass
• 120 ml brewed tea or 1/3 glass
• 3 tablespoons of grape popping boba
• 1 heaped teaspoon Earl Grey tea or tea of your choice
• 150 ml water for making tea
• ice

Instructions

• Bring fresh water to a boil.
• Pour 120 ml of cold tonic into a serving glass.
• Add popping boba and lots of ice. Set aside.
• Steep 1 heaped teaspoon of tea leaves in freshly boiled water for 3-5 minutes.
• If needed, add more ice into a serving glass with tonic and popping boba. Slowly pour freshly boiled tea directly onto ice.
• Serve immediately. Add boba straw or a long-handled teaspoon.

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Ingredients for making Earl Grey Popsicles Watermelon

Fresh Watermelon: Summer is a watermelon season. Choose sweet and ripe watermelons and remove all seeds. Watermelon is naturally quite sweet, contains lots of water and goes well with citrusy ingredients. In short, it’s a perfect ingredient for making summer popsicles.

Earl Grey Syrup: Earl Grey syrup is a must have for making desserts with tea, especially icy treats. It’s far more aromatic than other black teas and goes well with many ingredients. Earl Grey syrup is a simple sugar syrup made with brewed earl grey tea rather than water. Although it’s possible to buy a pre-made Earl Grey syrup, you can easily make one at home. In fact, if you have a good quality aromatic earl grey tea, it would be a shame not to try making it yourself. Find the recipe here.

Lime: Lime will balance out the flavour by adding a touch of zestiness. Both Earl Grey syrup and watermelon are quite sweet, so adding some lime will bring out more freshness. You can use lemon instead, but it will give a sourer flavour.

Steps for making Earl Grey Watermelon Popsicles

Prepare moulds: Plastic popsicle moulds are super handy for making homemade popsicles. You’ll need approximately 6-7 moulds. Most popsicle moulds will have a base that will keep them upright, but if you have individual ones, you can use plastic cups to place popsicle moulds inside. Both silicone and plastic moulds will work.

Cut the watermelon: Cut watermelon into small pieces and remove all seeds. Place it into a blender and add 7 tablespoons of earl grey syrup. Syrup will add both sweetness and texture. Less syrup will give popsicles an icier, rather than smooth texture. Add lime juice and blend it for 30 seconds. Since the syrup is heavier than watermelon, it will sink to the bottom, creating a two layered look.  

Pour into mould and freeze: Pour the watermelon and earl grey syrup into moulds. Don’t add popsicle sticks just yet. You’ll need to freeze them for about 30 minutes before inserting them. Once you add sticks, leave it to freeze for a couple of hours.

How to store homemade popsicles?

Once your popsicles are frozen, store them in separate wrappers to keep them fresh and flavourful. Popsicles will keep for at least a month. However, if you leave them in moulds, the flavour may change in less than a week. To remove popsicles from a mould, simply leave them outside the freezer for a couple of minutes and gently remove them.

How to make Earl Grey syrup?

Earl Grey simple syrup is a simple sugar syrup made with brewed earl grey tea and granulated sugar. It will take only 10-15 minutes to make. What’s great about making this syrup at home is that you can choose your own ingredients and adjust both texture and flavour:

• You can choose any type of tea, making sure the simple syrup will be super flavourful.
• You can replace white sugar with granulated light brown or dark brown sugar to add a nutty caramel note.
• And you can adjust the texture by adding more sugar.

In general, you’ll need to use 1:1 ratio of tea per sugar for a regular simple syrup. However, a sllightly thicker syrup will give a nicer texture to popsicles. Always use more tea leaves, but don’t over-steep it. You want a flavourful rich cup of tea without bitterness.  

Find the recipe for making a homemade Earl Grey simple syrup here.

More Popsicle Ideas:

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Earl Grey & Watermelon Popsicles

Refreshing homemade popsicles with watermelon and earl grey syrup

Course Dessert

Keyword Earl Grey, Popsicles, Summer

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 6 popsicles

Equipment

• 6 popsicle moulds
• 6 popsicle sticks
• Blender

Ingredients

• 300 grams of watermelon, cut into small chunks, de-seeded
• 7-10 tablespoons of Earl Grey syrup
• Freshly squeezed juice of 2 limes

Instructions

• Cut the watermelon into small chunks and removeseeds and rind.
• Add it into a blender, together with lime juice and earl grey simple syrup.
• Blend for 3 seconds.
• Pour into popsicles moulds.
• Place popsicle moulds into a freezer for 30 minutes. Add popsicles sticks.
• Freeze for a couple of hours or until frozen.  

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What is a hot toddy?

Hot toddy is an Irish drink, usually made with whiskey, honey, water and lemon. Whiskey can be replaced with other alcohol, such as gin, bourbon, vodka or rum. What makes hot toddy a perfect winter drink is that although it contains alcohol, honey, lemon and water make it lighter and warming. If you love mulled wine or mulled cider, you will love this drink too. Making a hot toddy with tea is not a novelty, though. Tea, especially Earl Grey, is actually a common ingredient in hot toddies.

Ingredients for making an Earl Grey Hot Toddy with gin

To make an Earl Grey hot toddy, you will need 5 ingredients:

• Earl Grey tea – you can use both loose leaf tea and tea bags, but choose tea that is still fresh and aromatic. Don’t over-brew it to avoid bitterness.
• Honey – regular light honey will be great, but experiment with different types if you wish.
• Fresh lemon – you will need up to 1/4 of a whole lemon per serving, and optionally a slice more to garnish your drink
• Gin – use quality original gin without added colourings or flavourings.
• Water – always boil fresh water.

Can I make Earl Grey hot toddy without alcohol?

Yes, you can. Although it won’t taste quite the same. To make it as close to the original as possible, you can use gin, rum or whiskey food flavourings. They don’t contain any alcohol but will make your hot toddy different from a regular cup of hot tea with lemon and honey.

Which tea is the best for making a hot toddy?

Earl grey is one of the best teas to use. It has a citrusy aromatic flavour that blend well with many ingredients. You can also use a slightly spiced black tea, or chai, especially if you are making it with whiskey. Choose teas that are flavourful and would go well with other ingredients you are using. Classic hot toddy is often made with cinnamon and some other spices and herbs such as cloves, ginger, or thyme.

You can try:

• herbs and zesty ingredients with more neutrally flavoured alcohol, such as vodka or gin
• spices that add warming notes with whiskey, bourbon and rum
• apple black tea blends or pure black tea with bourbon, rum and whiskey, especially if you are not adding other ingredients
• fresher citrusy, lemon black tea or orange black tea blends and earl grey teas with vodka and gin

Can I use other sweeteners?

Whichever drink or tea you are making, the final flavour will be a sum of all ingredients. That means even the choice of a sweetener will make a difference. Traditionally, honey is used for sweetening a hot toddy, but the second-best choice is light brown sugar. Both honey and brown sugar have a more complex flavour than regular white granulated sugar. However, you can use a calorie free sugar alternative too, although some may have a distinctive flavour.

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Earl Grey Hot Toddy with Gin Recipe

Warming holiday drink with Earl Grey tea and gin

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Earl Grey, Gin, Honey, Lemon

Prep Time 7 minutes minutes

Servings 1

Equipment

• Measuring cup
• Kettle
• Teapot or a disposable tea filter

Ingredients

• 170 ml of water
• 2 teaspoons of honey
• 4 teaspoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon of earl grey tea (or 1 tea bag)
• 25 ml of gin

Instructions

• Measure 1 teaspoon of tea leaves.
• Bring fresh water to a boil.
• Steep tea in 170 ml of water for 5 minutes, covered.
• Strain into a serving glass or cup.
• Add gin, lemon juice and honey and stir until dissolved.
• Serve hot.

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What makes Blue Lady Grey tea special?

Earl Grey is one of the most popular scented/flavoured teas in the world and there are so many types to choose from a whole life wouldn’t be enough to try them all. Most Earl Greys are strong, and very aromatic, and that’s a part of their charm. But modern Earl Grey teas need to follow only one rule – have a recognizable bergamot flavour. Flowers, fruits and even spices may all be a part of an Earl Grey blend to make it either stronger or gentler.

Blue Lady Grey is made with a South Indian black tea and contains lavender flowers, bergamot and vanilla flavour. It’s a bergamot scented black tea with a gentler profile than regular Earl Grey. Not only is this blend pretty, but it has a delicious scent too. It’s one of those scents that will make you want to brew it immediately. It’s intense, deep, sweet and floral with light bergamot notes.

How to brew this tea?

Earl Grey teas are usually strong, so 1 teaspoon of tea leaves per cup of water will be enough to make a delicious cup. Most Earl Grey teas also have smaller leaves that will infuse into a stronger tea. You can use boiling water for this tea, and steep it for 3-5 minutes.

Blue Lady Grey won’t get bitter. It’s a delicious, gentle tea with a delightful light citrusy and floral taste. If the classic Earl Grey is bold and sharp, Blue Lady Grey is sophisticated, cheerful, and relaxing. Even though it contains lavender, Blue Lady Grey is not a lavender tea. Lavender, vanilla and bergamot create a wonderfully balanced flavour, and none of them is overpowering or dominating.

This tea tastes great with no condiments, but you can also use it for making a variety of drinks – from a proper iced or sweet tea to London fog, or even a tea syrup. Although this tea is gentler than regular Earl Greys, it’s still intense and deep with no bitterness, which makes it a perfect choice for adding to cocktails, cakes and making milk teas.

Get Inspired – Try making a Tea Syrup with Blue Lady Grey tea.

Who would like this tea? Blue Lady Grey is great for both tea traditionalists and tea drinkers that enjoy flavoured teas. It’s a tea for daily pampering that’s easy to brew and you can use it in so many ways you will always want to have some at home.

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What is Earl Grey syrup?

Earl Grey syrup is a simple sugar syrup made with brewed Earl Grey tea. Instead of being just sweet, it also has a recognizable Earl Grey flavour. Simple syrups are commonly used for sweetening cocktails and cold drinks because it will easily dissolve even in an icy cold drink.

The unique aromatic scent and flavour of Earl Grey tea come from bergamot orange peel; a citrus that’s mainly produced in Italy. Since bergamot flavour is always associated to Earl Grey tea, it’s rarely used for flavouring teas. In other words, all teas with a bergamot flavour will automatically be called Earl Grey teas.

The original Earl Grey is made with black tea, but today, you can use any Camellia sinensis tea to make an Earl Grey and some herbal teas, too. In fact, rooibos Earl Grey is the most common caffeine-free alternative to regular Earl Grey teas.

If you have 15 minutes to spare, this simple Earl Grey syrup recipe will open dozen of new opportunities to enjoy classic bergamot flavour in other drinks too.

8 simple ways to use Earl Grey tea syrup

1. Make simple popsicles

Earl Grey tea popsicles are super easy to make and taste absolutely amazing. If you are a fan of citrusy popsicles and want a simple treat that will take less than 5 minutes of your time, try out this recipe. Allow them to freeze overnight and use within a couple of weeks. They are great for summer tea parties when you need unique but simple treat that will take only a few minutes to make.

2. Use as a sweetener for homemade rice pudding

Who doesn’t like a good homemade rice pudding? The perfect rice pudding doesn’t need to be complicated. To make the simplest rice pudding, you will need only 3 ingredients – arborio or originario rice, milk and Earl Grey tea syrup instead of a sweetener.

3. Spice up your gin and tonic

A good gin and tonic is all about the right botanicals. A good Earl Grey is all about the right balance of bergamot and black tea flavour. Try adding ½ to 1 teaspoon of bergamot tea syrup to your gin and tonic and be ready for a surprise – they go exceptionally well together.

4. Add Earl Grey flavour to boba tea

A secret to making a flavourful boba tea are flavourful, chewy and sweet ingredients. A tea syrup can take care of the flavourful and sweet part. Use it to coat tapioca pearls and to add more flavour and sweetness to your boba tea. Even if you are using an Earl Grey black tea syrup, it will still go well with other types of tea, like rooibos or matcha green tea boba.

5. Sweeten your coffee with tea

Long gone are the times when mixing tea and coffee would be a weird thing to do. Today, coffee teas are anything but uncommon. Earl Grey sugar syrup can make any coffee latte taste more fragrant.

6. Use it for sweetening pure black iced tea

The easiest and fastest way to turn a pure black tea into an iced Earl Grey is by sweetening it with Earl Grey simple syrup. A great thing about tea syrups is that they will dissolve in cold water much easier than granulated sugar or honey.

7. Make an instant Earl Grey Syrup slushie

You know you can make a delicious, refreshing and fragrant slushie with only 3 ingredients – simple syrup, sparkling water and ice. Check out this recipe for an Instant Earl Grey Slushie.

8. Make your own granola with Earl Grey syrup

The benefit of making granola at home is that you can choose your own ingredients and get as creative as you wish. From rolled oats to rice pops, almonds to pecans, spices and citruses, the list is limitless. Use tea syrup as a binding agent – it will taste delicious.

Ready to try some of these ideas? Learn how to make a very simple tea syrup.

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What is Earl Grey Tea on a Stick?

Earl Grey tea on a stick is a crystallised black tea with bergamot flavour pressed and shaped into a little heart tea pop that doesn’t require any brewing. The idea is simply to pop them into water, and they will fully dissolve into a cup of proper Earl Grey tea.

Earl Grey tea pop is made with low-grown Sri Lankan black tea, bergamot bits, natural flavouring and plant base stabiliser gum. It’s suitable for vegetarians and doesn’t contain sugar. However, since it’s a black tea, it contains caffeine.

Earl Grey tea pops come in a pretty packaging, with 6 individually wrapped tea pops. One tea pop is enough to make one cup of tea.

Tea Pop offers all other traditional tea flavours as well – English Breakfast and Darjeeling black tea, Jasmine green tea, Lemon & Ginger herbal tea and fruity blends.

How to brew Earl Grey tea pop?

The benefit of tea pops is that you don’t need to brew them. Simply pop them into a cup of hot water at 80-90 degrees Celsius and wait (and stir) until it dissolves. The cooler the water, the longer it will take to dissolve, but it will dissolve in cold water too. Flavour of this tea is light, with slight astringency, hints of bergamot and no bitterness. It’s unmistakeably an Earl Grey tea, but with a lighter flavour than a regular Earl Grey blend. Since it’s light, this tea is best without milk or sweetener.

Earl Grey tea pop is available in other styles too – effervescent tablet style and packaging and heart-shaped tea pop without a stick. Keep it away from any source of humidity and use shortly after purchase date.

These tea pops make for a pretty gift for new tea drinkers and are suitable for traveling and office, especially if you don’t have an access to a kettle or other brewing equipment but would still like to enjoy a cup of tea. It’s not as strong as the usual Earl Grey tea and it would be good for tea drinkers that enjoy lighter flavours.

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Ingredients for making Earl Grey Lemon Popsicles

There’s no brewing required for this recipe. Instead, we used an Earl Grey sugar syrup – the best ingredient you could possibly have in your fridge during summer. Fresh lemon and water are the other two. Think of it as a frozen Earl Grey lemonade and you’ll get the idea. You will also need popsicle moulds, which are nowadays available everywhere. They all come with a popsicle stick, but you can replace it with a wooden one.  

How to Make Earl Grey Tea Syrup

We recommend making Earl Grey tea syrup a day in advance. You can store it in the fridge for a couple of weeks and use whenever you want. Earl Grey tea syrup is very easy to make. You will need a strong and fragrant Earl Grey tea and white granulated sugar. This Earl Grey simple syrup recipe makes 20 tablespoons of syrup, which would be enough to make up to 20 Earl Grey Lemon popsicles.  

Check out more ideas on how to use Earl Grey syrup.

Can you replace Earl Grey syrup with some other tea syrup?

Absolutely. However, choose blends that have a citrusy note. Earl Grey is black tea scented with bergamot (Citrus bergamia), a type or orange originating from Italy. These oranges look similar to lemons and are not typically used as regular oranges. Instead, they are famous for its essential oil. Bergamot oil is derived from the peel, and it’s been used for scenting Earl Grey tea for 200 years. Earl Grey without bergamot would not be an Earl Grey.

Lemon flavoured black tea would be a great alternative to Earl Grey. However, they won’t taste the same.

Can you add more syrup and lemon?

Yes, but don’t add less. Use at least 1 tablespoon of syrup per popsicle or more. Simple syrups are very sweet as they are basically only sugar melted in water. We found that 1 lemon is just enough for a good balance.

How to add popsicle stick to watery popsicles

Watery popsicles have a different texture than creamy popsicles. Unless you are using popsicle stick that was originally included with your popsicle mould, you won’t be able to attach a wooden stick immediately. Let them freeze for about 30 minutes before inserting a popsicle stick and freeze for an additional 5-6 hours.

How to store Earl Grey lemon popsicles?

Fully frozen, it’s best to keep them in their original mould. You can use one zip-lock bag and place for all of them and store for several weeks. They will keep longer, but if you want to enjoy the best possible fresh flavour, use them within a couple of weeks. We bet you won’t be able to resist them for that long, though.

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Earl Grey Lemon Popsicles

Refreshing, esasy to make popislces with lemons and a cassic bergamot and black tea flavour.

Course Dessert, Summer Treats

Keyword Earl Grey, Popsicles

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Freezing time 6 hours hours

Total Time 6 hours hours 5 minutes minutes

Servings 4 popsicles

Equipment

• 4 popsicle moulds
• Measuring cup

Ingredients

• 100 ml of cold water
• freshly squeezed juice of one lemon
• 5 tablespoons of Earl Grey simple syrup

Instructions

• In a measuring cup, mix 100 ml of water, freshly squeezed juice of one lemon and 5 tablespoons of Earl Grey Simple Syrup.
• Mix it until syrup dissolves.
• Pour into moulds and put in the freezer for 30 minutes.
• Add popsicle sticks and leave to fully freeze.

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This recipe is super easy to make, requires only 3 basic ingredients, but we spiced it up with two more. And, it will take only 3 minutes of your time. We promise. That includes gathering ingredients and cleaning, too.

What is a slushie?

Slushie is a flavoured frozen mushy ice drink. It’s usually made with club soda, but sparkling water is a great alternative too. In fact, there’s a negligible difference between these two. Both are carbonated and calorie free, but spring water is naturally carbonated while the club soda isn’t. Both will be great for making tea slushies.

Do you need to brew tea for making Earl Grey Tea Slushie?

Summer is a season when many of us don’t really want to spend too much time cooking and that often includes brewing tea too. This recipe is brewing-free. Technically, this Earl Grey tea slushie is made with a homemade tea syrup, as an alternative to brewed tea. We used our favourite Earl Grey Simple Syrup preapred according to this recipe. It’s perfect for making slushies and frozen drinks because it’s very flavourful and, of course, sweet. You can make Earl Grey Tea Simple Syrup when you have more time – it will keep in the fridge for several weeks. If you are making it before trying out this recipe, let it cool down completely.

Instant Earl Grey Tea Slushie Recipe

So why is this an instant slushie? There’s no brewing, there’s no freezing, and you literally make it in only a couple of minutes. You will need a smoothie blender powerful enough to crush ice, a glass and a straw for serving. This recipe is for 2 smaller 150 ml glasses, or one larger 300 ml glass.

Is Earl Grey Slushie sweet?

We used just enough tea syrup to make it sweet enough, but still refreshing. If you like your drinks extra sweet, add more syrup. Keep in mind though, it will add more calories to your drink.

Updated: 22nd June 2023

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Instant Earl Grey Slushie

Refreshing tea slushie with the classic Earl Grey tea syrup.

Course Drinks

Keyword Earl Grey, Summer, Tea Syrup

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 1 300 ml glass

Equipment

• Blender strong enough to crush the ice, most smoothie blenders will do that
• Spoon

Ingredients

• 10 large ice cubes
• 4 tbsp of Earl Grey tea syrup (or more if you want a sweeter slushie)
• freshly squeezed juice of 1/2 lime
• 1/2 tbsp of freshly squeezed ginger juice (optional)
• 3/4 cup sparkling water

Instructions

• Add ice, sparkling water, tea syrup, freshlysqueezed lime juice and ginger guide into a blender.
• Blend until the ice is crushed, for about 30-60 seconds.
• Pour into a glass and serve immediately.

Notes

Ginger juice is optional, but gives a nice zing to this slushie.

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We’ll come to reasons a bit later, but let’s start with explaining what a simple syrup is.

What is simple syrup?

Simple syrup, or sugar syrup, is sugar dissolved in water over low heat. It’s simple to make, great for sweetening drinks, and unlike granulated sugar, it will easily dissolve in iced drinks. You can buy one, or you can make one at home. If you ever tried making caramel, candied apples or other sugary treats, you may already know that sugar can be tricky. But thankfully, making a simple syrup really is – simple. It’s impossible to ruin it by overheating, and you don’t need to have a cooking thermometer.

What is the best ratio for making a simple syrup?

Simple syrup is usually made in ratio 1:1 – 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar. However, you can adjust ratios, as long as you are using more sugar than water. 1:1 ratio will give a very thin syrup, so we prefer to use just a tiny bit more. Thicker simple syrup is called rich simple syrup. Still, when making it at home, you don’t need to pay attention to exact ratios. The only thing to keep in mind is – never use more water than sugar.

How long do you need to cook simple syrup?

It will take less than 10 minutes to make a simple syrup and another 5-10 to brew the tea. Always use fresh spring of odourless tap water to make tea. You want to make a strong but tasty cup. There’s no danger of caramelisation, and it’s virtually impossible to ruin. The only thing to keep in mind is that you need to dissolve all the sugar.

What is the best use for an Earl Grey tea simple syrup?

Simple syrup is very versatile. You can use it for flavouring oatmeal, sweetening smoothies, making cocktails, or delicious icy popsicles. You can make tea simple syrup for cakes, or even for salads. Let it cool before storing it in the fridge. It will last for several weeks. And that’s exactly what makes Earl Grey a perfect choice. It’s flavourful, goes well with many dishes and has a recognizable flavour.

What type of sugar is best for making a simple syrup?

You can make a simple syrup with any type of sugar you want, but the flavour profile will change. Brown sugar has a warmer, nuttier flavour than neutral white sugar. We found that white sugar works well with Earl Grey teas to keep the flavour profile.

What type of tea is best for making Earl Grey tea simple syrup?

Not all Earl Grey teas are the same. Always use the tea that you would normally drink. If you don’t like the flavour, don’t use it for making simple syrups. Next, your Earl Grey tea must be strong and aromatic. It should also have smaller, broken leaves and fresh, intense scent and flavour.

Can you make a simple syrup with tea bags?

Yes, you can make a simple syrup with tea bags too. However, they must taste good as well. Teas with a more refined, intense flavour will give better results. Follow a simple rule – if you don’t like it, don’t use it. Replace each teaspoon with 1-1.5 tea bag.

Earl Grey Tea Simple Syrup Recipe

This recipe is enough for making about 20 spoons of simple syrup. Since making a new batch is very easy, you don’t need to make a large bottle at once. If you want to use it often, double the recipe.

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Earl Grey Tea Simple Syrup

How to make Earl Grey Tea Simpe Syrup at Home

Course Syrups

Keyword Earl Grey, Simple Syrup

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Brewing time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 25 minutes minutes

Servings 20 tablespoons

Equipment

• small saucepan
• jar for storing the syrup
• kitchen scale or a cup
• Kettle
• teapot, strainer or tea filter

Ingredients

• 3 heaped tea spoons of Earl Grey loose leaf tea
• 125 ml of water
• 150 grams of granulated white sugar

Instructions

• Bring fresh water to a boil.
• Steep tea leaves in boiled water for 10 minutes.
• Strain the tea into a small saucepan.
• Add sugar and heat over low fire while stirring.
• Once the sugar has dissolved, boil over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and let it cool down.

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