Cherry Tea Recipes

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, bring water to a boil; remove from heat. Add tea bags; steep, covered, 10 minutes. Discard tea bags. Stir in sugar until dissolved; cool slightly. Transfer to a pitcher; cool completely., Add limeade concentrate and cherry juice to tea. Serve over ice with lime wedges and cherries.

Steps:

• Cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla thoroughly. Sift together the flour and salt, add to the butter, and mix. Fold in the nuts and cherries and chill the dough for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet (they do not spread as they bake). Bake until set but do not brown, about 10 minutes.
• While still warm but set, roll the cookies in confectioners' sugar and cool. Roll in confectioners' sugar again and bake again for 10 to 12 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine cherries and ginger slices in a glass bowl. Sprinkle sugar over the cherries mixture and cover with 2 cups filtered water.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours to overnight.
• Bring 2 cups filtered water nearly to a boil; pour over tea bags in a pitcher. Steep tea for 90 seconds. Squeeze tea bags into pitcher and discard bags.
• Strain cherry-ginger water into pitcher with green tea, squeezing out excess liquid. Serve with lemon slices and lemon juice.

Steps:

• Pour all the ingredients, except the cherries, into a shaker filled with ice. Shake a couple of times and pour into a serving glass. Garnish with 2 Michigan cherries on toothpick.

Steps:

• Bring water to boil in a medium-sized pot.
• Add cherries, sugar, lemon juice, and star anise.
• Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, until the cherries are almost falling apart.
• Turn off heat, mix in black tea, and let stand for 1 hour to cool.
• Strain liquid through a fine mesh sieve, mashing the cherries with a wooden spoon to extract more liquid.
• Discard solids.
• Transfer liquid to a pitcher and refridgerate until ready to serve.

Steps:

• Blend all ingredients together well.and store in an airtight container.
• Makes 5 cups of dry mix.for tea.
• Stir in 1-2 tbls of tea mix and 1 cup hot or cold water.

Steps:

• In a small heatproof bowl, combine the tea and the water, then cover and let sit for 5 minutes. Stir in the cherry juice, then immediately fine-strain into a snifter. Squeeze the lemon twist over the drink to express its oils, then discard. Serve warm.
• Batch for 6:
• In a medium heatproof bowl, combine 1 tablespoon tea and 2 ¼ cups water, then cover and let sit for 5 minutes. Stir in 2¼ cups cherry juice and immediately fine-strain into 6 snifters (or, honestly, whatever glasses you have). Squeeze lemon twists over each drink (2 will do you), then discard. Serve warm.