Bloomin’ Blueberry Lemon and Ginger Tea Recipe

If you’re looking for a way to add a little more fun to your fruity drinks, then we have a recipe for you! You can whip up a batch of the most amazing springtime tea. Chock full of antioxidants to help you stay healthy! This one comes from Walt Disney World’s Flower and Garden Festival, and is a favorite springtime recipe for both kids and grown ups. Just grab everything you need for the Twinings Bloomin’ Blueberry Lemon and Ginger Tea, and settle in to make it at home. You’ll be re-making this one all season.

We love making Disney Recipes. So you can find a ton of our Disney Recipes on this blog. And this one is a great summer tea we recently found at EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival. This little recipe serves 2. Twinings is one of our favorite brands of tea. Thankfully Epcot has a whole Twinings storefront in the UK area of the World Showcase. You can also easily grab this tea from any local grocery store. It’s fairly common in the tea aisle and can be used for oh so many things! We love this lemon ginger tea for easy summer evenings, or to accompany a fruit appetizer and anytime there’s an upset stomach in the house. Its perfect hot or cold with honey. You can grab a box of this tea on Amazon. 

Blueberry Lemon and Ginger Tea Ingredients

• 12 oz. boiled water
• 2 Twining’s Lemon & Ginger Tea Bags
• 2 oz. Blueberry Puree  (Made from 1 c. blueberries, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tsp sugar)
• 1 oz. Simple Syrup ( Made from 1/2 c. granulated sugar, 1/2 c. water)

Blueberry Lemon and Ginger Tea Instructions

Don’t let the multiple steps here scare you off. This tea is absolutely gorgeous and you’ll be thrilled with the final result. To shorten the process you can also buy a premade simple syrup, but it takes so little time to make we just whip up our own. Here we go! 

Brew the Tea

1. Boil water and pour into a heat safe container.
2. Steep the 2 tea bags for 4 minutes, or until desired strength.
3. Remove tea bags and discard
4. Chill tea

Make Simple Syrup

Simple syrup is simply water and sugar. The ratio is 1:1.

1. Just mix 1/2. cup granulated sugar and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan.
2. Heat on the stove top, stirring frequently until sugar is dissolved and the mixture isn’t grainy.
3. Once mixed, remove from stove and let cool.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Let chill.

Make Blueberry Puree

Blueberry Puree is super easy to make. To make a full batch, for several servings of this tea, you can take a pint of blueberries, 2 tbsp lemon juice and 2 tsp sugar. Just combine in a food processor, and store in a mason jar. This puree is used to make this tea, but if you make a large batch can also be added to your favorite cocktails. 

• 1 pint blueberries
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice 
• 2 tsp sugar

Combine ingredients in a blender or food processor. until smooth.

Make Your Drink!

Once you have brewed the tea, made the simple syrup and blueberry puree, you can make your drink.

1. Mix 2 oz. blueberry puree, 1oz simple syrup and chilled tea into a cocktail shaker and mix well.
2. Pour over ice and Garnish with fresh blueberries. 

Add a little Vodka for the Disney Adult Version

If your tea needs a little kick, the alcoholic version of this tea was offered with Tito’s Handmade Vodka. And served in a mason jar. Tito’s is an award winning smooth handmade craft vodka and you can get it at most grocers. In a tea drink this light it’s important to not let the alcohol overpower the tea and blueberry flavors. So a splash is all you need or you can fill the cup to 1 finger worth of vodka and then add the mixture.

Hopefully this post has helped give you a wonderful new tea recipe perfect for the spring and summer months. We hope you love it as much as we do!