The Universitea Recipe
By
Christine Gallary
Difficulty: Easy |
Total Time:
20 mins, plus cooling time
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Active Time:
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Makes:
8 servings
In the 2010 Oscar-nominated film An Education, while Jenny struggles with growing up, her tastes mature beyond her suburban upbringing. Our Earl Grey iced tea, subtly sweetened with lavender-thyme syrup, has a little Paris, a little Oxford, and a lot of virginity.
This recipe was featured as part of our Best Picture Cocktails story.
INGREDIENTS
- 12 Earl Grey tea bags
- 8 cups water
- 1/2 cup Lavender-Thyme Syrup
- Ice
- 8 lemon slices, for garnish (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Tie tea bags together and set aside.
- Bring water to a simmer in a large pot over high heat. Remove the pot from heat, add tea bags, and let steep for 5 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags, pour tea into a heatproof container, and let come to room temperature, about 2 hours. Cover and refrigerate until cold.
- Add lavender-thyme syrup to tea and stir to combine. Serve over ice with lemon slices, if desired.
Ora-
Yes, this recipe was tested and tasters thought it was quite refreshing.
If you make it, please let us know what you think!
Christine Gallary
CHOW Test Kitchen
Too many flavors going that may not be complimentary. I can see the bergomot with lavender but adding thyme seems like a clash. Lavender and thyme would work, but them adding bergomot would be too much and overwhelming. Are these recipes tested?
This looks so simple and refreshing.