Su Jung Kwa Rye Spiked Cinnamon Tea Recipes

SU JUNG KWA (RYE-SPIKED CINNAMON TEA)

Steps:

• Make the tea:.
• In a 4-qt. pot, combine ginger, cinnamon, and jujubes with 3 cups water; bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in sugar until dissolved. Let steep for 2 hours; add pine nuts and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Make the cocktail:.
• Fill cocktail shaker with ice and add all ingredients; cover and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
• Garnish with an orange twist, if you like.

SPIKED SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Combine sugar and 3 cups water in a non-reactive saucepan. Slowly heat until sugar melts. Remove from heat and cool.
• Infuse the black tea in 1 quart of just boiled water for 2 minutes. Strain tea into a pitcher and then add 1 quart of room temperature water.
• Combine the tea and the cooled simple syrup, mixing well. Refrigerate until cool.
• To serve, fill a 12-ounce glass with ice cubes, a pinch of zest, and a sprig of mint. Add 2 ounces whiskey or bourbon and fill to the top with the sweetened tea. Stir and serve. Repeat as needed.

GINA'S SPIKED SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the tea bags and turn off the heat. Let steep for 10 minutes. Remove the tea bags, stir in sugar and let cool completely.
• Muddle the mint leaves in a glass pitcher along with, the tea, the vodka, and the lemon wheels. Stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Serve in tall glasses filled with crushed ice and garnished with a sprig of mint.

CHILLED CINNAMON-GINGER TEA (SOOJONG GWA)

Steps:

• Pour the water into a large pot. Add the cinnamon and ginger and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and carefully remove the cinnamon and ginger. Add the brown sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Let cool, then refrigerate for several hours (preferably overnight) until chilled.
• If you wish, sprinkle a few pine nuts in each cup before serving.

SUDANESE CINNAMON TEA.

Steps:

• Place 4 cups of boiling water in a tea pot with the tea & allow to brew for a few minutes then stir.
• Place 1 cinnamon stick & 1 sugar lump in a tea cup & pour the tea slowly over them.
• Serve with an additional bowl of sugar lumps for guests to add if they like. (You may also add a cinnamon stick to the tea pot whilst the tea is brewing for a stronger cinnamon flavour).