Iced Rooibos Tea
Ingredients:
- 3 cups (750 ml) fresh cold water
- 6 bags of Rooibos tea
- 3 cups ( 750 ml) soda water
- Garnish with sprigs of fresh mint or lemon slices, if desired.
- Add honey to taste before chilling
Method:
- Bring water to a boil
- Pour over tea bags and let it steep for 5 to 7 minutes
- Pour tea into heatproof pitcher
- Cool to room temperature, then chill
- Fill another pitcher with ice and add the Rooibos tea
- Top with soda water
- Stir gently and serve
Source: www.sarooibos.co.za
Summer Refresher
Ingredients:
- 1 litre strong, cold Rooibos tea
- 500 ml orange juice
- 1 litre home-made ginger ale **
- 1 litre soda water
- 1 lemon, sliced
- Fresh mint leaves, chopped
- Crushed ice
Method:
- Mix Rooibos and orange juice
- Chill mixture
- Add chilled ginger ale and soda water, just before serving
- Garnish with lemon slices and mint
- Serve with crushed ice
Source: www.sarooibos.co.za (adapted Megan Pentz-Kluytz, CANSA’s Consulting Dietician)
** Homemade Ginger Ale
Serves 8
Ingredients:
- 4 cups water
- 2 cups sliced fresh ginger root (not necessary to peel), just rinse well
- 2 Tbsp. fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp. honey
- Sparkling mineral water or club soda
Method:
- In a medium pot, combine water and ginger over high heat. Once boiling, lower heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for one hour. Remove lid and continue to simmer 30 more minutes.
- Take off heat and strain mixture to remove ginger. Stir in lemon and honey. Cool completely. This is your ginger syrup.
- To make ginger ale, put a handful of ice into a glass. Add ¼ cup ginger syrup, and fill the rest of the glass with sparkling water.
Source: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-14488/diy-all-natural-ginger-ale.html
Strawberry Punch
Ingredients:
- 1 litre strong, cold Rooibos
- 1 litre apple juice
- 500 ml granadilla / passion fruit juice
- 500 ml strawberry juice
- 3 bottles (750 ml each) of sparkling water
- 2 punnets of strawberries, sliced
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1/2 cup granadilla pulp
- Fresh mint leaves
Method:
- Mix Rooibos, apple, granadilla and strawberry juices and chill
- Add chilled sparkling water
- Garnish with strawberries, orange and mint
Source: www.sarooibos.co.za (adapted by Megan Pentz-Kluytz, CANSA’s Consulting Dietician)
Fruity Iced Tea
Ingredients:
- 5 Rooibos teabags
- 3 litres water
- 1 pineapple, peeled and sliced thickly
- 3 peaches, cut into wedges
- 2 oranges, sliced
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 2 tbsp honey
- 200 g castor sugar
Method:
- Place all the ingredients into a large pot and bring to the boil
- Turn the heat down and allow to simmer very gently for 15 minutes
- Remove from the heat, strain and discard the fruit
- Store the tea the fridge until well chilled. Check the sweetness and add more honey to taste if necessary
- Serve over ice
Source: www.lecreuset.co.za