It was a beautiful evening and a great ambiance. A small street side café, full of greens all around giving an outdoorsy feel in the porch corner we were sitting. Live sitar playing inside with spicy samosas and an unlimited re-fill of spiced tea. A perfect environment to catch up with an old friend and that’s what we did. We forgot about time and didn’t keep count of the number of cups of tea.
That was probably the first and last time I ever had more than half a cup of regular tea or “chai” as some call it. Throughout the sleepless night, I complained to my husband that the restaurant must have added some kinds of drugs in the tea, but to my dismay he disagreed. When inquired with the friend next day, he also disregarded my complaint. After that incident, I permanently turned towards herbal and green tea. I can tolerate the lower amount of caffeine in green tea and often make me a cup.
I particularly love iced tea and my favorite is cardamom infused green tea with rose-water, honey and a hint of saffron. Fragrant, flavorful and so fun to sip away. How refreshing and exotic is that? If you are more of the hot tea lover, it’s great when hot as well. I suppose, this will taste as great with regular tea instead of green tea if that’s your cup of tea.
How would you take yours? Hot or cold? Green or regular tea?
- 2 cups water
- 2 green or regular tea bags
- 2 teaspoons rose-water
- 2 green cardamom
- pinch of saffron
- Honey or other sweetener, according to taste (optional)
- Boil water with cardamom.
- Add tea bags in a pitcher and pour the hot water. Steep 5-7 minutes and remove teabags.
- Add saffron and rosewater.
- Add honey (optional)
- Serve hot or over ice.
For less caffeine, steep tea for a minute and throw the tea. Reuse the same teabags to steep less caffeinated tea.
উপকরণ:
২ কাপ পানি
২ টি গ্রীন অথবা রেগুলার চা ব্যাগ
২ চা চামচ গোলাপজল
২ টি সবুজ ছোটো এলাচ
জাফরান এর চিম্টি
মধু বা চিনি, স্বাদ অনুযায়ী (ঐচ্ছিক)
প্রণালী:
১. ছোটো এলাচ দিয়ে পানি ফোটান।
২. একটি পাত্রে চা ব্যাগ যোগ করে গরম পানি ঢালুন। ৫-৭ মিনিট টি ব্যাগ পানিতে রাখুন।
৩. জাফরান এবং গোলাপজল মেশান।
৪. মধু (ঐচ্ছিক) দিন।
৫. গরম বা বরফ দিয়ে পরিবেশন করুন।
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What a flavorful iced tea idea!
Indeed, thanks 🙂
Tea lover here! A `regular hot cup of tea` indian style is a must for me to kick off my day..The green and iced ones can follow later during the day 🙂 . Liked the idea of adding saffron and rosewater.
Thank you, Shruti. I love iced tea with lemon too, but change it up every now and then.
Gorgeous photos, Lail! I love the combination of saffron and cardamom in this refreshing, exotic iced tea.
Thank you, Denise.
Indeed exotic and must be very tasty too.
Absolutely, Angie. Thanks a lot.
I love the flavour of this iced tea, it looks refreshing in 2 ways 😀
Innovative and cooling!
Cheers
CCU
Thanks, my friend, Uru.
I love tea, black with mint or sage, green with mint or jasmin and iced with spices.I have never tried it with rosewater and cardamom, what an enchanting combination. Can’t wait to give this a try
Thanks a lot, Sawsan. If you like cardamom and rosewater, you’ll love this iced tea.
We drink black tea, hot, every morning. But for iced tea I prefer something a bit more gentle. This looks wonderful! Flavorful and very refreshing. Thanks for this.
Thanks, John.
Exquisite! A delightfully exotic drink.
cheers,
Rosa
Thanks, Rosa.
I’m so funny about my tea. I like milky, sweet black tea! I don’t mind herbal at times too, especially when you don’t want caffeine 🙂
Thanks, Lorraine. Herbal tea is great during the late hours or when trying to avoid caffeine.
What an elegant ice tea! i love how you jazzed it up with spices and rosewater…lovely!
Thank you, Liz.
With all the spices and rose water, it’s so so delish! Love the golden hues 🙂
Thanks, Kiran. I love the golden hue as well.
Your saffron infused tea looks really refreshing! I love hot milky tea most afternoons, then for second serving or on a hot day I love iced lemon tea! Thats Malaysian official drink by the way 😛
Thank you, Jehanne. Didn’t know iced tea is Malaysian official drink. Thanks for letting me know.
not so much fond of tea. But saffron infused tea is an exception. Loved your version with addition of rose water.
Thanks, Humi. Like you, I am not used to tea also but love iced tea once in a while. Love the rosewater addition on a hot summer day.
What a gorgeous shot of iced tea! I drink tea and coffee all day long. You just reminded me to look for rose-water. I really want to give it a try!
Thank you, Nami. I hope you get to try the tea soon and when you try, I would love to know your thoughts.
I love green tea, hot, cold or warm. Though your iced tea sound wonderful and I will definitely have to try it sometime.
I share your philosophy on green tea. Hot, cold, warm, bring it on 🙂 Thank, Lizzie.
Lail, what a refreshing & flavorful drink with cardamom & rosewater. Perfect for this hot weather!The pictures are gorgeous, as usual!
Hey there! I am a tea lover. I drink it quite often and I always prefer to have tea leaves to tea bags. Your recipe seems very interesting! I will sure give it a try.
I enjoy drinking Green tea in the afternoon. Gunpowder tea is indeed a favorite, but in the mornings I usually drink a cup of Earl Grey tea to get me started. Have you ever tried it? It’s so fragrant and the flavor is wonderful!
I will try this recipe soon and let you know how it went. You should also try making Thai Iced Tea 🙂
Keep posting!
I love tea and cardamom but never thought of putting the two together. Can’t wait to try that!
I hope you give this tea a try soon, tea. It’s fabulously refreshing and flavorful. Thank you.