Tea Tops for Summertime Drinks
Contact: Jan Acker or Dorothy Arnold
July 15, 2005 - For immediate release
Tea Tops for Summertime Drinks
Portland, OR - It's summertime, and the living needs to be easy. For the freshest beverage personalized to your own taste, iced tea made with premium teas from the Stash Tea Company in Portland, Oregon, is the one to choose.
Deliciously refreshing, Stash Tea's larger tea bags sized for pitchers make superb fresh brewed iced tea. From the American blend with good old-fashioned iced tea taste to the new Lime Green which is a cool and refreshing combo of tart lime and green tea, you'll find a favorite for every member of the family.
And, when it's too hot to even boil water, simply make refrigerator iced tea. In as little as two to three hours, you'll have a pitcher of cold and thirst-quenching iced tea. Place one large iced tea bag in a 1/2-gallon pitcher, fill with cold water and set in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours (or longer), depending on how strong you like your tea. Then, add ice to a tall glass, fill with tea, and savor your personal oasis of cool.
Actually, any of your Stash Tea favorites can be used to make iced tea. Earl Grey or English Breakfast on ice, for example, show off their full-bodied flair and classic notes. To use regular size tea bags, place 5 to 7 tea bags in a 1/2-gallon pitcher, fill with water and place in the refrigerator.
If you're feeling a tad more ambitious, try the following recipes developed by Stash Tea.
Chai Iced Tea (serves 2 to 4)
8 Stash Chai Spice tea bags (or Decaf Chai Spice)
2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/4 cup sugar
Ice cubes
Brew Stash Chai Spice tea bags in boiling water, steep for 3 to 5 minutes. Gently squeeze tea bags and remove. Add evaporated milk and sugar. Cool slightly; pour over ice.
For a slushy consistency, pour the Chai mixture and ice cubes in a blender and blend for about 30 seconds or until desired consistency is reached.
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Green Apple Sparkler (serves 4)
4 Stash Moroccan Mint tea bags (exotic blend of green tea and mint with a hint of lemon)
1-1/3 cups boiling water
2 cups apple juice
1 cup sparkling water
Ice cubes
Brew Stash Moroccan Mint tea bags in boiling water, steep for 3 to 5 minutes. Gently squeeze tea bags and remove. Add apple juice and sparkling water. Pour over ice.
Stash Tea products are available in supermarkets, specialty retailers, and the company's mail order catalog or online at www.stashtea.com. More tea recipes are also available on the website.
To request a free Stash Tea catalog, call 1-800-826-4218, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A $5 gift certificate inside the catalog is good toward the first purchase of $20 or more.
Stash Tea prides itself on providing superior quality teas, a tradition begun in 1972 when the company began supplying teas from an old Victorian-style house in Portland. Today, Stash Tea enjoys steady growth and is one of the largest specialty tea companies in the United States.
