St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated March 17 (on Sunday this year), causing merriment to surround all things Irish! St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration of all things green, just like the month of March, which Bigelow Tea celebrates as a grand green month!
Ireland has observed St. Patrick’s Day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years, but here in the New World celebrating St. Pat has been more recent–the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade has only been around for around 250 years! St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity’s most widely known figures, and most of us have heard the traditional story of him banishing all the snakes from Ireland. But St. Patrick’s Day has evolved, here in the U.S., into a day of wearing green and sharing the camaraderie of friend … Irish or not!
Yes, green is our thing this month and Bigelow Tea is proud to feature our wide selection of outstanding Green Teas for your pleasure. Like our Green Tea with Mint—a blendin’ of the green that is just the ticket for the wearin’ of the green! It’s part of all the green that March brings us, like the blooming of spring flowers, watching golfers getting back on the greens, and even the punk-rock group Green Day revving up a new March tour!
Bigelow tea knows how to ramp up the power of green too. May we suggest the ubiquitous Greenie Mar-TEA-ni for your St. Patrick’s Day celebration? Shake things up with this TEA-lightful Bigelow Tea signature beverage, featuring our Green Tea with Pomegranate. Let us help you celebrate the drinkin’ of the green with Bigelow Tea on this St. Patrick’s Day!
Greenie Mar-TEA-ni – Sweetened with Agave
Ingredients:
6 Bigelow® Green Tea with Pomegranate Tea Bags (or any flavored Bigelow Green Tea)
1¼ cups boiling water
2 teaspoons agave nectar
4 ounces vodka
Garnish with a twist of lemon
Yield: Serves 4
Instructions:
Place tea bags into a measuring cup and add 1¼ cups boiling water. Let brew for 3 minutes. Remove tea bags. Add agave nectar and stir until it dissolves.
To chill, place tea concentrate in the freezer for 30-45 minutes.
To make a martini, take two ounces of the cooled sweet tea and mix it with one ounce of the vodka. Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon.
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