Last summer, we wrote about British heartthrob Liam Payne’s love of tea and how we can’t wait for him to try our very own English Breakfast Tea. Turns out, the entire band, One Direction, is now enjoying Bigelow Tea backstage while touring. While in Mexico City, elgolfo.info asked a One Direction team member which drinks and snacks were indispensible … and Bigelow Tea topped the list: “Por ejemplo, los alimentos enumerados como indispensables para el grupo son Bigelow Tea.”
Whether Liam and the rest of the boys—Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson—are performing in Mexico or here in the United States, we know that Bigelow Tea will be an important element of their pre-show ritual. They’re Brits, after all … and tea time is a big part of life across the pond!
And while many of 1D’s fans are teens and tweens, we think that their adult fans might enjoy a Bigelow® Kisses-n-Cream Mar-TEA-ni while listening to the group’s hit, Kiss You! It contains our White Chocolate Obsession tea, and we know that many “Directioners” are obsessed with these lads! This recipe, of course, can easily be made alcohol free.
Bigelow® Kisses-n-Cream Mar-TEA-ni
Ingredients:
4 Bigelow® White Chocolate Obsession Tea Bags
1 ¼ cups boiling water
1 tablespoon sugar
½ cup cocoa powder (optional)
4 ounces vanilla vodka
4 ounces whipping cream
Yield: Serves 4
Instructions:
Place tea bags into a measuring cup and add 1 ¼ cups boiling water. Let brew for 3 minutes. Remove tea bags.
Add sugar and stir until it dissolves. Chill.
Prepare martini glasses by wetting the rim and dipping in a shallow dish of cocoa powder.
To make a martini, take two ounces of the cooled sweet tea, one ounce of the vanilla vodka and mix it with one ounce of cream in a shaker. Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass.
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