Cold Rooibos Drinks

Rooibos citrus ice tea

It is hot here in Switzerland!! Fantastic!! For the passed week we have been basking in the hot sunshine and the temperatures of around 35 Celsius. That calls for some refreshing ice tea and cocktails. For the ideas I used the book "A touch of rooibos" of the Rooibos Limited wich we bought in South Africa. It has won a price in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. I love it that each recipe is accompanied by a photo. For ideas the photos are for me often more important the actual recipe.

Rooibos Citrus Ice Tea (alcohol free)

1500 ml water

500 ml fresh pressed orange juice

150 ml lemon juice concentrate

20 g rooibos leaves

50 g brown sugar

lemon and orange for the bottles

Bring the water to boil and move the pot to the side of the stove. Add the rooibos leaves and let infuse for about ten minutes. Sieve. Add the lemon concentrate, orange juice and brown sugar and stir until the sugar has dissolved. If you bottle the mix choose bottles with big mouth so that you can place some orange and lemon slices n to the bottles. Cool down. Serve with lots of ice, orange and lemon slices and fresh mint.

Rooibos syrup

Rooibos syrup

2000 ml water

30 g rooibos

50 g honey

280 g white sugar

 30 ml lemon juice

Use a cheese cloth or something similar to bind the rooibos into a big "tea bag". You can also use rooibos teabags but I only have unbaged tea. Combine all the ingredients in a large pot and bring to boil. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Boil over moderate heat until reduced and syrupy. Remove the rooibos tea bag. Bottle and let cool down before using. This siryp can be mixed with mineral water to make schorle or it can be used for cocktails and why not, also to some desserts.

Syrup on the plate

It's pretty thick

Rooibos Sun

2 cl rooibos syrup

4 cl white rum

sparkling water as needed

ice

orange slices

lemon thyme

Rooibos, rum, orange, lemon thyme

Rooibos Orange

2 cl rooibos syrup

4 cl vodka

4 cl orange juice

lemon slice

thyme

sparkling water as needed

ice

 

Summer drink