Iced Spiced Pear

teas.co.uk · 10 min + chill · Serves 4

You'll need

• 4 Teapigs Spiced Pear tea temples
• 500ml rolling boil water
• 500ml chilled apple juice or cold water
• A quarter teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
• 1 ripe pear, sliced
• Ice and a cinnamon stick, to serve

Method

1. Steep the 4 temples in 500ml rolling boil water, covered, for 7 minutes; fruit and spice cannot over brew, so a long steep gets full pear flavour.
2. Lift the temples out and stir in the vanilla while warm, if using.
3. Cool to room temperature, then chill. There is no tannin so it stays clear without crashing.
4. Stir in the chilled apple juice (for a fuller fruit body) or cold water (for a lighter drink), and add the pear slices.
5. Serve over plenty of ice with a cinnamon stick in the jug, which keeps perfuming the drink as it sits.
6. Caffeine free. The spiced pear base keeps covered in the fridge, but drink it soon; we put no keeping time on iced tea brewed at home. Build it over fresh ice each glass.

Recipe: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/iced tea/iced spiced pear/