Passion Fruit Green Tea

Passion Fruit Green Tea is deliciously refreshing. Iced green tea and fresh passion fruit syrup are combined for a sweet, tart Taiwanese tea-inspired drink. It's gonna be your new summer favorite.

The two years I spent in Taiwan were some of the strangest of my life. I was completely outside my comfort zone in nearly every way, and even though I thought I was liberal and inclusive, I definitely didn't do enough to immerse myself in this new culture I had thrown myself into. But we're all imperfect and none of us have a time machine. I've definitely learned a lot from that experience.

One thing about Taiwan that I did embrace was the tea. I never did learn to like chewy bits floating in my drink, but all the different fruit flavors, as well as the milk teas, were totally awesome. There were four or five different tea shops on the one block where we lived, so we got Taiwanese tea all the time. For sure my favorite was passion fruit green tea, half sugar. It's freaking awesome.

What makes Passion Fruit Green Tea so awesome?

I love Passion Fruit Green Tea because it's super refreshing. It's sweet and tart, but not sour. There's a bit of a punch of caffeine in the green tea, plus all those fabulous antioxidants. It kept me cool when the sun was absolutely scorching, and one sip takes me straight back to that strange and wonderful city.

It's also really easy to make at home if there's no bubble tea shop on your street. You can serve this just as it is, add a splash of soda water to make it sparkling, or even mix it with a shot of gin or vodka for a lovely summer cocktail. I could drink this by the bucket (without booze), especially on a hot summer day. Make up plenty of syrup ahead of time and brew your green tea as needed, then pour over ice for instant refreshment.

Magical Properties of Green Tea

Green tea is said to carry projective energy and correspond to the elment of fire and the planet Mars. Use it in spells for healing, longevity and a boost in energy. It can also be used in spells for love, lust, and sex. Green tea also has cleansing properties, and because of its color, it can be used in spells fo prosperity. (Source: Magical Recipes Online)

For more on the magical properties of the ingredients in this recipe, including passion fruit, check out the Kitchen Magick page.

Ingredients

Here's everything you'll ned to make this. The full details are in the recipe card below.

• Sugar
• Water
• Passion fruits - we'll be using the pulp from inside the fruit
• Green tea - bags, loose leaf, whatever you got
• Ice - plenty of it for serving

Tips for making Passion Fruit Green Tea

This is super simple. You'll make the passion fruit syrup by combine sugar and water and heating it for about five minutes until the sugar is dissolved. Next you'll scoop in the pulp from inside your passion fruits and just leave it alone for about two hours to steep. Then strain out the pulp and store the passion fruit syrup in the fridge until it's ready to go into your tea.

Then all you have to do is make a cup of green tea, let it cool a bit, then pour it over plenty of ice, adding plenty of your passion fruit syrup to flavor and sweeten it. You can also make up a big pitcher of green tea and combine all the syrup wit it if you're planning on serving it ot guests. If you just want to keep it for yourself and enjoy it over several days, though, just a bottle of syrup will take up less space in your fridge.

Passion Fruit Green Tea will always and forever be my favorite summer drink. I hope it becomes one of yours as well.

Looking for more awesome iced tea recipes? Try this Ginger & Lemon Iced Tea.

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