Tea with a twist — try these tipples on National Tea Day

These fresh, colourful and unique cocktails are everything you need for some fabulous video-call drinks with your friends.

Conker Iced Tea Royale

Gin lovers, rejoice! We have the perfect blend of sweet and sour in this vibrant summer cocktail.

Ingredients

35ml Conker Dorset Dry Gin

105ml your favourite Earl Grey tea

1 dash of lemon juice (or to taste)

½ tsp sugar

Slice of lemon for garnish

Ice cubes

1. Brew Earl Grey tea and cool for 20 minutes.
2. Fill a medium sized jug with ice, then add gin. Let it trickle over the ice cubes so that every glass you pour has the perfect blend of alcohol and mixer. Choose the size of your jug based on how strong you want your tipple to be.
3. Top up with cooled Earl Grey tea, add a dash of lemon juice and sugar to taste. Try making sugar syrup for a smoother texture — simply add two tbsp of sugar to one cup of boiled water. Stir until the mixture is clear, then trickle into cocktail mix.

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Strawberry Iced Tea

This strawberry iced tea is pink and green and delicious. If you have a sweet tooth, try wetting the rim of your glass slightly, then dipping it into some sugar for Instagram-worthy presentation.

Ingredients

35ml Hernö Old Tom Gin

75ml strawberry tea

Garnish with strawberries and a slice of lime

Crushed Ice

1. Brew strawberry tea and allow to cool for 20 minutes.
2. Add Hernö Old Tom Gin to a martini glass with some crushed ice.
3. Top up with the cooled strawberry tea and garnish with additional strawberries and a slice of lime on the rim.
4. If the mix is too bitter for you, try making sugar syrup by adding two tbsp of sugar to one cup of boiled water. Stir until the mixture is clear, then trickle into cocktail mix.

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Gosling’s Iced Tea rum punch

Sipping on this tipple will bring the taste of the Caribbean to your very own garden.

FILLS ONE JUG

150ml Gosling’s Black Seal Rum

100ml lime juice

100ml pineapple juice

50ml lemon juice

100ml golden syrup

400ml freshly brewed black breakfast tea

4 drops of The Bitter Truth – Old Time Aromatic Bitters

Ice cubes

1. Brew black tea and allow to cool for 20 minutes.
2. Fill around ¾ of a large jug with ice cubes.
3. Pour all of your ingredients over the top.
4. Garnish with a lime wheel and one triangle of pineapple, then serve.

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Cassis iced tea spritz

This almost zero-alcohol blend is perfect as a mid-week treat.

50ml British Cassis

120ml green tea of your choosing

35ml freshly squeezed lime juice

Soda water

Ice

1. Brew green tea and allow to cool
2. Add the British Cassis to a bulbous glass and fill with ice
3. Add the dash of Lime and top up with soda water
4. Garnish with blackcurrants and blackberries

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Framboise iced tea spritz

Light and tangy, this tea-infused classic makes for the perfect garden drink on a sunny summer afternoon.

50ml British Framboise

120ml green tea

35ml lime Juice

Soda Water

Ice

1. Brew green tea and allow to cool
2. Add the British Framboise to a bulbous glass and fill with ice
3. Add the lime juice and top up with soda water
4. Garnish with Strawberries and raspberries.

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