1. Cold brew tea with fresh herbs

Cold brewing tea in summer is one of the best ways to enjoy tea all day long. From stronger black teas to fresh greens, or caffeine free rooibos, there’s a perfect cold brew for everyone. And it takes no more than a minute of effort. You will have to let it steep, though. Steeping overnight will give the best flavour, but some teas may be ready in only 2-3 hours. Another plus? Cold-brewed tea has less caffeine than regular hot brewed tea.

2. Make Tea Jellies

And we don’t mean teddy bears only. Choose your favourite silicone mould and make tea jellies in any shape you want. You can serve them with ice cream or use them for decorating other summer desserts. Or, you can simply eat them.

3. Make Tea Ice

Instead of steeping tea in hot water, try adding tea ice cubes to a glass of cold water. Not only will it be icy cold, but it will also have a delicious light flavour that you can enjoy all day long. An extra idea? Make a fruit tea ice cubes and add them to a glass of cold brewed pure green or black tea.

Learn how to make tea ice.

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A tea frappe is super easy to make and utterly delicious. You will need a blender, milk, water, ice and your favourite tea. Optional ingredients are fresh fruits and sweeteners.

A super delicious idea? Triple Raspberry Black Tea Frappe.

5. Steep It in Milk To Make a Refreshing Milkshake

Can you steep tea in milk? Definitely. There are two ways to do, so try them both. One is great for making flavourful milkshakes, and the other is perfect for making a cold brew milk tea. You can choose from hundreds of flavours and turn regular milk or a milk alternative into something truly delicious.

Learn how to steep tea in milk.

6. Add Tea Syrups to Water

If you love mixinf fruit syrups with water to make fruity drinks, try a tea syrup too. You will need a tablespoon or more of your favourite tea syrup and icy cold water. Homemade tea syrups are very easy to make and it will last in a fridge for several weeks.

Recipe for Earl Grey Simple Syrup

7. Make a Tea Tonic

Heard about espresso tonic? Turns out, tea is just as amazing for making this truly refreshing drink. You can make it with tea powders or steeped tea.

Check out the recipe for a black tea tonic here.

8. Try Making Boba Tea at Home

Your favourite tea, some milk, and pre-made tapioca pearls served over ice is all it takes to make a delicious homemade boba tea. With the right ingredients, boba tea is both fun and easy to make.

Recipe for Strawberry Black Tea Boba.

9. Make Your Own Tea Popsicles

Making a simple tea syrup really is one of the best things you can do this summer. Why? Because it’s great for hundreds of drinks and desserts. Yes, for popsicles too. With a homemade tea sugar syrup you can make tea flavoured popsicles in literally 5 minutes. Plus, the freezing time, of course.

Learn how to make Earl Grey lemon popsicles.

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What is a frappe?

Frappe is an icy cold drink typically made using instant coffee, water, sugar, milk and ice. Frappe is usually made with cold water, rather than hot. That’s why instant coffee is great for making this drink.

Making a frappe with tea is not as straightforward unless you want to use either tea or latte powders. Instead of using instant tea, for this raspberry frappe, tea is brewed in a standard way instead. Raspberry Frappe is a great alternative to iced milk teas. It’s super refreshing, and because lighter milk will work well too, it may contain only 50-100 calories per large glass, depending on which milk you are using.

Ingredients for making Raspberry Frappe with black tea

Rubus idaeus or simply – raspberries – are a perfect fruit for adding to your tea. They have a stronger flavour than strawberries, and enough sweetness and tartness to make tea both refreshing and sweet. They contain ellagitannins and anthocyanins, polyphenols that may provide many health benefits too. In fact, anthocyanins are red pigments, present not only in raspberries, but other red and purple fruits and vegetables, and even Camellia sinensis tea.

This raspberry frappe with black tea contains both real tea and real fruits, and is irresistibly delicious. You will want to sip this often. Plus, it’s super easy to make.

Flavourful Raspberry Black Tea

Although you can use any strong and malty high-quality tea, rich and smooth Simple Raspberry Black tea is as made for this recipe. Smaller leaves will infuse into a stronger cup, so if you are using other black tea, choose those that are good for making a strong cup. You can use tea bags too, but choose those that taste good without condiments.

Freeze-dried raspberries

Freeze-dried fruits are great for making desserts and drinks. One small package will last a long time, and you only need a teaspoon for an intense flavour. You can find them online and many supermarkets sell them too. They are great for adding flavour to cookies, smoothies, cakes and hot chocolate. This recipe uses freeze dried raspberry pieces, rather than whole raspberries.

Fresh raspberries

Choose fresh and ripe raspberries rather than frozen ones. Fresh raspberries have a less concentrated flavour than freeze-dried raspberries but give a nice touch of fresh fruitiness to this frappe.

Milk

We used regular milk, but feel free to use a dairy alternative with a less intense flavour. If you like your drinks sweet, a sweetened plant-based milk will be great too. Depending on the type of milk, you can adjust the water-milk ratio. Thinner milks work great in this recipe, so experiment until you find your perfect substitute.

Don’t have raspberries? You can replace raspberries with fresh and free-dried strawberries and strawberry flavoured black tea, or blueberries.

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Raspberry Frappe with Black Tea

Icy cold summer treat with black tea, raspberry flavoured black tea, freeze-dried and fresh raspberries.

Course Drinks

Keyword Black Tea, Frappe, Raspberries, Summer

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 1 large glass

Equipment

• Blender
• Glass for serving
• Tea filter, strainer or a teapot
• Kettle

Ingredients

• handful of raspberries
• 2 heaped tsp of black tea (this recipe is made with Simple Raspberry Black tea)
• 1 leveled tsp of freeze-dried raspberries
• 1/3 cup of semi-skimmed or full fat milk
• 2/3 cup of water
• 1 cup of ice
• 1 tsp of honey (or more if needed)
• whipped cream for serving (optional)

Instructions

• Bring water to a boil and let it cool down for a 30 seconds. 
• Steep tea leaves in 1/3 cup of freshly boiled water for 10 minutes. You want to get areally strong infusion. It’s important to use high-quality tea, so it doesn’t get overly bitter and undrinkable. You want to still taste the tea.
• Add 2/3 cup of ice, washed fresh raspberries, freeze-dried raspberries 1/3 cup ofc old milk and honey (optional) into a blender.
• Blend for 30-60 seconds until all ice is crushed and pour into a large glass with the rest of the ice.
• Serve with a straw.

Notes

If you are using regular black tea, English Breakfast or Assam teas are good substitutes.

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