ESSENTIAL RECIPES- DRINKS
ROOIBOS WITH HONEY & ROSEMARY
By Heleen Meyer @ heleenmeyerfood
Quench your thirst with this fantastic Rooibos iced tea, featuring an exciting flavour profile.
Makes: 1.5 litres
INGREDIENTS
• 8 Rooibos tea bags( floral or berry-flavoured)
• 4 cardamom pods, crushed to expose the seeds, or 1 small cinnamon stick
• 20ml honey
• 1L boiling water
• 500ml clear fruit juice of your choice( cranberry, berry or apple), chilled
• 4 – 6 sprigs fresh rosemary
• edible flowers, to garnish( rosemary flowers or lavender)
METHOD
1. Place the tea bags with the cardamom or cinnamon and honey in a heatproof jug. Pour over the boiling water and stir.
2. Let the tea steep for 2 – 3 hours until cooled. Remove the tea bags and spices. Chill until needed.
3. Mix the juice and rosemary into the tea. Add edible flowers if desired, then serve ice-cold with ice cubes.
PRO TIP: For a kick: add a dash or a shot of muscadel or gin to each glass.
VIRGIN COSMOPOLITANS
By Rhodes Quality @ rhodesquality
Festive season cosmopolitans which the whole family can enjoy.
Makes: 6
INGREDIENTS
• 65ml sugar
• 2 limes
• 500ml Rhodes Quality 100 % Cranberry Fruit Juice, chilled
• 125ml Rhodes Quality 100 % Orange Fruit Juice, chilled
• 250ml ice
• lime slices around the rim of a martini glass and then press the rim onto the sugar.
4. Repeat with the remaining glasses.
5. Pour the Rhodes Quality 100 % Cranberry Fruit Juice, reserved lime juice and the Rhodes Quality 100 % Orange Fruit Juice into a jug. 6. Add ice and mix well. 7. Pour into prepared glasses and serve with a lime slice.
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METHOD
1. Place the sugar onto a plate.
2. Cut the limes in half and squeeze out the juice, set aside. 3. Run the juiced lime skins
110 | Summer 2025 / 26 • essentialflavours. co. za