Pomegranate Jasmine Iced Tea | Sweetened with Rock Sugar Syrup

Pomegranates are in season, and they make a striking iced tea.

This one pairs fresh pomegranate with delicate jasmine. The method is simple: steep, chill, press, shake. What comes out is a glass of clear, bright red tea that tastes of both the fruit and the flower.

The sugar

Rock Sugar Syrup (冰糖漿) is made from traditional Chinese rock sugar. It pours clear and tastes clean, with a light, rounded sweetness.

Granulated sugar is slow to dissolve in cold tea. A syrup goes straight in and blends with one shake. Rock sugar syrup is also gentle, so it softens the tartness of the pomegranate without covering the jasmine.

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What makes it work

Steep the jasmine fully so the aroma comes out, then cool it fast over ice. Hot tea poured into the shaker would melt the ice and dilute the drink.

Take the pips out of the lemon slices. Pressed lemon pips turn the tea bitter. Press the lemon gently first to release its scent, then press the pomegranate seeds until the juice runs red.

Recipe

Pomegranate Jasmine Iced Tea

Ingredients

• Jasmine tea 5g
• Pomegranate, 1 to 2
• Fragrant lemon, 1
• Ship Brand Rock Sugar Syrup 15g
• Ice

Method

1. Steep the jasmine tea for 7 minutes. Add ice to cool it quickly, then strain. You need 200g of cooled tea.
2. Cut into the top of the pomegranate, open it and take out the seeds.
3. Slice the lemon and remove the pips.
4. In a shaker, lightly press 2 lemon slices to release their aroma. Add the pomegranate seeds and press to release the juice.
5. Pour in 200g of the cooled jasmine tea and add 15g of rock sugar syrup. Cover and shake well.
6. Fill a glass with ice and strain the drink into it.
7. Finish with a lemon slice and a few pomegranate seeds.

Closing

Floral first, then fruit, then a clean sweet finish. An easy glass for an unhurried afternoon.

Ship Brand (帆船牌) is the retail line of Yuen Tung Sugar Factory Industrial Company Limited. Sugar refined in Hong Kong since 1987. Shop the collection.