On my last Maui trip, my girlfriends and I threw a tea party and I came up with an amazing idea! I already had iced tea prepared, and a bottle of vodka in the freezer- so why not combine them?  A really popular combination was iced ONO Strawberry Mango Melody white tea with a really clean vodka, like Chopin. Here is a link on how to ice your tea: http://theteachick.com/2009/04/27/ice-it/. Just add vodka to your chilled tea.

Another one of my innovative ideas was to infuse tea right into my bottle of vodka. That way, I’ll always have tea shots ready for the girls. Here are two of my recent creations:

Sweet Tea Vodka Shots    

1. Remove 5 shot glasses of vodka from the bottle.

2. Add 2 shots of ONO Wake Your Assam Up tea.

3. Shake once a day for a week. Keep in the frigerator.

4. After a week, take the bottle out then add a 1/8 cup of stevia simple syrup or to desired sweetness. 

Simple Syrup

1/2 cup sugar/ 12 packets of stevia / 1 tsp liquid stevia

1/2 cup water

Directions:

In a small saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil; simmer until the sugar is dissolved, 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. The syrup can be refrigerated in a glass jar for up to 1 month.

Strawberry Mint Vodka Shots   

1. Remove 5 shot glasses of vodka from the bottle.

2. Add 1 shot of ONO Mighty Athena tea and 1 shot of Moroccan Mint tea

3. Shake once a day for a week. Keep in the frigerator.

4. After a week, take the bottle out then add a 1/8 cup of mint simple syrup or to desired sweetness. 

Mint Simple Syrup

3/4 cup packed fresh mint leaves

1/2 cup sugar/ 12 packets of stevia / 1 tsp liquid stevia

1/2 cup water

Directions:

Chop mint. In a saucepan bring sugar, water and mint to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Simmer syrup, undisturbed, 2 minutes. Pour syrup through a fine sieve, pressing hard on solids, and cool.  The syrup can be refrigerated in a glass jar for up to 1 month.

The Tea Chick’s Advice:

I always drink ONO Holy Detox to prep for a night out and have Hangover Tonic or Holy Detox ready for the next day.