Tea Cocktails for Saint Patrick’s Day

We at Chariteas love infusing every part of our lives with tea and tea related goodies. Getting a little tipsy shouldn’t be excluded from the tea partay. That’s why we’ve created a couple tea cocktails for you to impress your guests this Saint Patty’s Day!

Laughing Leprechaun

Makes 2, 16 oz drinks.

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup boiling water

• 2 tbsp Laughing Lemon tea

• About 8 ice cubes

• ¼ cup raw sugar or sweetener of choice

• 3, 1 oz shots of vodka

• Club soda to top off glasses

Optional Garnish: Before adding ingredients into glasses, run a lemon/lime wedge along rim of each glass. Add sugar to a small plate, and dip rims of glass into sugar. Slice lemon/lime and add a slice to each glass.

Step 1: Stir Tea and sweetener into boiling water until sugar dissolves (about 1 minute) to create your tea syrup. Let steep for another minute or so. Strain contents, squeezing saturated tea leaves.

Step 2: Add a few ice cubes to your glasses and disperse tea syrup between both glasses.

Step 3: Add 1.5 shots of vodka to each glass. Top off each glass with club soda and stir.

Irish Summer

Makes 2, 16 oz drinks.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp Summer in Provence tea

• 32 oz boiling water

• 4, 1 oz shots of Irish Cream

• Whipped Cream

Optional Garnish: To throw in a little extra festivity, add green food coloring to your whipped cream before topping your drink or garnish with edible clovers.

Step 1: Steep a tablespoon of tea in boiling water in each mug for 3 minutes. Remove tea.

Step 2: Add 2 tbsp Irish Cream to each glass. Top with whipped Cream. Serve hot.