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Three mocktail recipes to try

Wow your guests with these inventive fusions

Apple chai iced tea
75ml Camellia’s Tea House rooibos chai iced tea.
75ml appletiser.
Green apple, finely diced.
Apple slices to garnish.

• Brew Camellia’s Tea House rooibos chai tea for three minutes in boiling water (2 tsp for 200ml). Allow to cool.

• Combine with appletiser. Swirl diced apples into the liquid.

• Pour into chilled glass and garnish with apple slices.

Green mint mixer
150ml Camellia’s Tea House green mint iced tea.
100ml mixed-fruit puree.
Pinch cayenne pepper.
Mint leaves.
Two half slices of oranges.
Crushed ice.
10ml fresh lemon juice.

• Brew Camellia’s Tea House china gunpowder green mint tea for three minutes in water just before it boils (2 tsp for 200ml). Allow to cool.

• Combine the cooled tea, juice puree, cayenne pepper and lemon juice and pour over ice.

• Stir in the mint leaves and add the orange slices.

• Finish off with mint leaves for garnish.

The berry cooler
100ml Camellia’s Tea House very berry iced tea.
50ml lemonade.
4 pulverised raspberries.
3 strawberries, roughly chopped.
1 whole strawberry, to garnish.
6-7 blueberries, lightly chopped.
Crushed iced.

• Brew two teaspoons of Camellia’s Tea house very berry fruit infusion in approx 200ml boiling water for five minutes. Once brewed, place in the refrigerator to cool.

• Mix all ingredients together and pour over crushed ice.

• Decorate with a strawberry on the edge of the glass.

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