White Tea Cocktail With Cucumber, Honey & Sparkling Wine (or water)

Finished white tea cocktail with slice of cucumber and lemon wedges with sparkling water.

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White Tea Cocktail With Cucumber, Honey & Sparkling Wine (or water)

Make a light and refreshing white tea cocktail with subtle flavors of cucumber, honey and thyme to sip on a hot summer day - or to remind you of those sunny days during the cold winter months.

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 137kcal

Author: Dorothy Stainbrook

Equipment

1 Cocktail Shaker
1 cocktail muddler or wooden spoon
2 tall or balloon glasses

Ingredients

1 tbsp loose leaf white tea or 1 sachet tea bag
1 cup water
1 tbsp honey
4 slices lemon
3 oz vodka or white rum or gin
6 sprigs fresh thyme or mint if preferable
4 cucumber ribbons optional: a few slices to muddle
ice
1 cup sparkling water alternatively use sparkling wine or champagne

Instructions

Boil the water and steep the white tea for up to 5 minutes. Set aside to cool a little.
1 tbsp loose leaf white tea, 1 cup water
Place 2 lemon slices, 2 thyme sprigs (or mint) and honey (plus extra cucumber if you're using it) in your cocktail shaker with the vodka and use a muddler or the back of a wooden spoon to smash.
1 tbsp honey, 4 slices lemon, 6 sprigs fresh thyme, 3 oz vodka
Add the tea you brewed and plenty of ice. Shake well.
ice
Add ice and cucumber ribbons to the cocktail glasses.
4 cucumber ribbons
Pour in the cocktail mixture and give it a last stir.
Top with sparkling water. Garnish with the extra thyme and lemon.
4 slices lemon, 1 cup sparkling water, 6 sprigs fresh thyme

Notes

1. If you like your cocktails a little sweeter, you can double the amount of honey.

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