Morning Teas

 Simple Bliss / Hot Tea

This one is for the purist who believes in the unadulterated cuppa.

1. Take fresh water from the cold tap and boil.
2. Warm teapot by rinsing out with hot water.
3. Put one teaspoonful Sargam Tea leaf for each cup into teapot.
4. Pour boiling water inti it. Cover and wait for three minutes. Give more time for bigger leaf teas.
5. Pour liquid tea from the teapot into cup. Add milk and sugar to taste.
   
   

Tea For All Times

 Good Morning Blend / Breakfast Special

Greet the mornings with this cup of energy.

Squeeze a grapefruit or an orange into mug. Add 1 teaspoon of Double Diamond tea then top with freshly made tea. Sweeten with honey or low calorie sweetener, as desired.

 Slumber Tea / Nightcap

A perfect soother after the day's work.

Fill cup ¾ full with freshly made Runglee Rungliot tea. Add stick of cinnamon and teaspoons of whisky, if desired. Stir in milk and sweeten, if desired with honey or liquid swetener.

 Himalayan Heights

Squeeze juice of ½ lemon into a highball glass.

Add 1 ½ teaspoons sugar.

Stir to dissolve.

Fill with cracked ice.

Add 1 ½ oz . rum.

Fill with iced Duncans tea.

Stir.

Garnish with sprig of mint.

 Tea Tabla

Hot tea with rum and a slice of lemon is delightful in winter. After the hot Sargam Leaf tea is poured, flame the rum and mix the two. Add sugar syrup and serve with a slice of lemon in glass tumblers.

Hooghly Hangover

1 ½ ounces vodka

Juice of ½ lemon

1 rounded teaspoon sugar

¼ cup cold Sargam leaf tea ( approx. )

Mix vodka , lemon juice and sugar in the bottom of an old fashioned glass, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Fill glass with crushed ice and pour in tea. Stir. Serve with short straws. Garnish with a sprig of mint, if desired.

Royal Bengal Tiger

1 teaspoon lemon juice, 2 dashes aromatic bitters, ½ teaspoon sugar ( or 1 teaspoon sugar syrup ) , 1 ½ ounces cognac, 4 ounces cold, strong Double Diamond tea.

Mix lemon juice, sugar and aromatic bitters in the bottom of a tall (12 ounce ) glass . Fill glass with ice cubes and pour in tea. Stir. Garnish with lemon slice and sprig of mint.

Ganges Grog

In a saucepan, combine 2 cups hot, Double Diamond tea, the juice of 3 lemons and 6 oranges, and ½ pound granulated sugar. Stir the mixture until the sugar is dissolved, add to it one-fifth bourbon or rye and 2 ounces curacao and heat it to boiling point but do not actually boil. Serve immediately or keep hot in a chaffing dish.

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