What-a-melon Iced Green Tea

(I have to admit, I laugh inwardly every time I walk by the "What-A-Melon" brand watermelons in the supermarket lately. It's a bad pun, yet I can dig it.)

Our Organic Tamayokucha green tea gets a major overhaul with this watermelon green iced tea.

We all have watermelon memories to go with summer right? I mean, nobody is standing around in December, wishing they could get a slice of watermelon with their glass of eggnog. Your enduring memories of watermelon may involve seed spitting contests, backyard barbecues, one of those sherbet-based ice cream cakes that was shaped like a watermelon, even "Dirty Dancing" and the hunk that was Patrick Swayze in high-waisted black pants and an unbuttoned white shirt ("I carried a watermelon").

All good stuff. So with that in mind, I'm hoping you'll consider getting out the blender for this drink that has all the juicy innocence of a summer's worth of watermelon in it, plus a dose of Organic Tamayokucha green tea and lime juice to brighten things up. As I've said before, I do think it's entirely worthwhile to experiment with alcohol in this drink. That's how you get from here to watermelon margaritas. And I know some of you were thinking about watermelons soaked in vodka when I mentioned all those memories, right?

Watermelon Green Iced Tea

Ingredients:

4 cups seedless watermelon flesh, cubed
2 cups hot water
3 sachets of Organic Tamayokucha green tea from two leaves tea company
Juice of 1 lime
Sugar to taste

Directions:

Place the watermelon cubes in a blender or food processor, and blend until pureed. (If you would like this drink to be a little less pulpy and smoothie-like, you might consider using a strainer to completely rid the watermelon juice of any chunks.)
In a heat-proof pitcher, add the green tea to the hot water and allow to steep for 5 minutes then disgard the sachets. Allow the tea to cool to room temperature before adding the watermelon puree, lime juice, and sugar.
Serve immediately over ice.
Pat yourself on the back. You just created a brand new watermelon memory for summer.

Did you try our last fruity iced tea recipe: Blueberry Mint Iced Tea? Which of these two recipes did you like better?

We found our thrill in Blueberry Mint Iced Tea

By naomi / in Green Tea, Recipes with Tea, Tea Beverages / July 11, 2012

Yes, it's as refreshing as it looks.

I promise you: This recipe for a wonderfully fruity iced tea looks impressive, tastes like it took forever, and should charm a wide variety of your friends, but it's so simple and rewarding. Just look at that beautiful blue color and try to disagree with me.

And here's the kicker — you'll make this with green tea, which can be an unexpected twist in the realm of typical iced tea drinks, that may come slightly fruity, but are in general traditionally made with black tea. You've had 'em before, you know exactly what to expect. Not to mention, there's just enough mint in this class of iced tea to remind you of a great cocktail, like a mojito or a mint julep (and no, we have no problem with you adding the liquor of your choice to spice this one up.) So, get something unexpected and delightful:

Blueberry Mint Iced Tea

(makes about 10 cups)

Ingredients:

4 cups blueberries (about 2 dry pints)
Juice from 1 lemon
1 cup roughly torn fresh mint
1 cup sugar, plus more to taste
4 sachets Organic Tamayokucha from two leaves and a bud tea company

Directions:

In a medium pot, combine the blueberries with 1 cup water. Bring the mixture to a boil, then lower to a simmer. Cook the blueberries for 5 minutes, using a large spoon to mash up the berries. Stir in the lemon juice, mint, and sugar. Allow the mixture to simmer for another 1 to 2 minutes so the mint flavor infuses. Remove from the heat and strain the blueberry mixture through a fine-mesh strainer, discarding the solids. Set the blueberry syrup aside.
In another small pot, bring 6 cups of water to a boil, then turn off the heat. Steep the green tea sachets in the water for 5 to 10 minutes, then discard the tea sachets.
Stir the blueberry syrup and the green tea together in a pitcher. Adjust the sweetness with more sugar if you’d like. Chill for at least 2 hours.
Serve in individual glasses with plenty of ice. Garnish with mint sprigs.
Consider pairing this drink with a splash of sparkling water, once it's really cold.

And let this next photo serve as a hint: More wonderful fruit-based iced teas coming right up!

Beautiful summer iced teas ... all made with two leaves tea, of course. Stay tuned for recipes.

The Mad Scientist at work!

By Bess / in Uncategorized / August 10, 2009

chai-tasting1 chai-blending1 The holiday aroma is among us here in the office.... Richard is busy mixing and brewing different variations for this year's new Organic Chai blend. There are bits of cloves, cinnamom, pepper and cardamom blown around by the wind and ground into the carpet! Smells yummy! When brewing up Chai blends with so many ingredients you need to brew up at least two cups each to account for all the size variations and potency of the spicy flavors. It takes many different mixtures and lots of slurping to match up to our current Chai flavor profile! Love all the spicy smells but reminds me too much of winter! Not yet!! It has been in the 80's and I am not quite ready to start thinking about sitting by the fire with Hot Chai quite yet! The summers up here in the Rocky Mountains are short enough as it is! Richard is still working on the blend so in the meantime I will go have a nice tall glass of ICED Goji Berry Green Tea!

Where there is Coffee there is Tea!

By Bess / in Uncategorized / June 10, 2009

June 12-14th - Las Vegas Convention Center

two leaves is going to Vegas! Between bets come by booth 713 at Coffee Fest June 12-14th,â€ for a cuppa' two leaves and bud tea!

TRY IT ICED or HAVE IT HOT!

Looking forward to meeting you face to face!

Iced Tea at SCAA

By Bess / in Uncategorized / April 10, 2009

We didn't want to leave anyone out so we wanted to send a shout out to all our wholesalers and distributors coming to SCAA about iced tea.â€ We are excited to introduce our Fair Trade Organic Black Iced Tea and Alpine Berry Herbalâ€ in 1oz filter bags- EASY to brew in any pitcher!â€ We also have Organic China Black Iced Tea in 3oz loose tea packs -â€ perfect for use in a standard brewer! Come chat with us at the show and find out what our show special is!