alternative steeping liquids

[Cofftea]

I know I'm going to get a bunch of flack from tea purists here, so let me say that I LOVE the flavor of tea and I drink it daily the unsweetened and prepared the "normal" way (steeped w/ water)... but I also love being creative w/ combining flavors and adding the health benefits of tea to any beverage. One of my daily combos is a chocolate flavored black tea steeped in Cranergy (which already has green tea extract in it). Since cooking w/ tea is becoming more popular, I'm hoping that I'm not the only one that does this.

[Pentox]

I've used apple juice before mixed with a mild black. You want to cut down the apple juice with some water though otherwise it's a bit too overpowering. Produces a nice sweet tea.

There's also the obvious milk/chai mixture.

One of my favorites is to mix orange juice and matcha. Good stuff.

[Cofftea]

I've used apple juice before mixed with a mild black. You want to cut down the apple juice with some water though otherwise it's a bit too overpowering. Produces a nice sweet tea...

In the fall I put a granny smith apple thru my juicer and steep equal parts cinnamon chai (or any cinnamon tea) and caramel oolong. It's great spiked w/ a little rum too..

[Cofftea]

has anyone used tea instead of just plain spices to mull wine? Once I also had a Chocolate Raspberry Merlot that I'm wondering if I could recreate using tea...

[Chip]

Using apple cider or juice as the steeping liquid sounds very intriguing.

Whoa, deja vu all over again ...

[Cofftea]

Using apple cider or juice as the steeping liquid sounds very intriguing.

Whoa, deja vu all over again ...

The point I was making is I don't mix it with water. I either use just water or no water at all.

[Wassupfrombustamove]

rooibos+steeped in chocolate milk = good

<don't give me that you don't like sweet things routine>

[Cofftea]

rooibos+steeped in chocolate milk = good

<don't give me that you don't like sweet things routine>

what temp do you heat the milk to?

[Wassupfrombustamove]

I like my chocolate milk frothy -so about 150 degrees F

I like to put the mixture of milk and rooibos in a jar or canister and shake it creating a espresso frothy mixture -very light and airy

[capheind]

You can steep tea in Vodka overnight, its a common method to whip up Tea Martini's...

[Cofftea]

You can steep tea in Vodka overnight, its a common method to whip up Tea Martini's...

what's the tea/vodka ratio?

[Cofftea]

I like my chocolate milk frothy -so about 150 degrees F

does this only work w/ dairy milk? I like chocolate soy milk. I have a coffee oolong I'm going to have to try that w/!

[capheind]

You can steep tea in Vodka overnight, its a common method to whip up Tea Martini's...

what's the tea/vodka ratio?

Well I've long since forgotten the old recipie I used, but I did get a little booklet from DavidsTea (http://www.davidstea.com/) with a couple of good ones. You'll probably want to experiment but it looks like about 2tsp per cup of Vodka is a good place to start.

[olivierco]

I know I'm going to get a bunch of flack from tea purists here, so let me say that I LOVE the flavor of tea and I drink it daily the unsweetened and prepared the "normal" way (steeped w/ water)... but I also love being creative w/ combining flavors and adding the health benefits of tea to any beverage. One of my daily combos is a chocolate flavored black tea steeped in Cranergy (which already has green tea extract in it). Since cooking w/ tea is becoming more popular, I'm hoping that I'm not the only one that does this.

There isn't any rules.
You drink what you like but beyond a certain point what you get isn't tea anymore. When you start making a mixture adding alcohol, herbals, fruit juice, etc... to some tealeaves it isn't tea anymore.

[Sydney]

Most commonly-consumed beverages are mostly water anyway.