Oriental Beauty White Sangria
The pronounced honey and floral notes of cold-brewed Oriental Beauty tea pairs beautifully with white wine and fresh summer stone fruit to create a sangria that's both refreshing and stunning to look at.
Yield: 6 glasses
Cost: $25.00
Equipment
- 1 Iced tea or sangria pitcher
- 4-6 highball or pint glasses
- 1 infuser
- 1 Small Sauce Pan
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 Cutting Board
- 1 paring knife
- toothpicks for the fruit
Materials
Oriental Beauty Cold Brew
- 3 tbs Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea loose leaf
- 4 cups Filtered Water
Sangria
- 1 750ml Bottle of White Wine Choose an old-world white varietal with natural floral or honey notes such as Reisling, Chenin blanc, or Albarino
- 1/2 cup Brandy
- 1/2 cup Cane Sugar unrefined sugar
- 1/2 cup Filtered Water
- 1 lb Fresh Peaches, Nectarines or Apricots washed
- 1 bunch Green Grapes washed
- Ice
Instructions
Make Cold Brew
- Place the Oriental Beauty tea in the infuser and put it in the iced tea or sangria pitcher
- Fill the pitcher with 4 cups of filtered water, cover it, and set it in the refrigerator for up to 12 hours
- Once the tea is finished steeping, remove the infuser and use the same pitcher to assemble the sangria
Make the Sangria
- Heat the cane sugar and water in a small saucepan. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then set it aside to cool
- Slice the stone fruit into small pieces and grapes in half, then add them to the cold brew tea.
- Pour in the brandy, white wine and half of the simple syrup , stir and taste. Add more simple syrup if it needs to be sweeter
- Fill each glass with ice and top off with sangria and fruit from the pitcher
- Offer guests toothpicks so they can enjoy the fruit in the glass as well
Notes
You can experiment with Jasmine tea or swap out the brandy for a dry white vermouth and sparkling white wine such as Cava. If you would like it to be a little less potent top each glass with a splash of soda water.