Alcoholic Tea Recipes

Learn to make iced tea cocktails (including champagne tea cocktails, tea-infused vodka cocktails, green tea martinis and more) with this collection of iced tea cocktail recipes.

This tea cocktail is made with Absolut Boston, a vodka infused with black tea and elderflower.

This organic Apple-Chai Martini recipe won the Monthly Tea Recipe Contest on About.com. It uses rooibos chai, muddled Gala apple and organic vodka for a warming holiday flavor.

Tastes like sweet tea. Gets you drunk like Bärenjäger.

One popular method for making tea cocktails is infusing liquor with tealeaves and serving it straight, mixing it with simple syrup or using it as a base for more complex cocktails. Here's how to infuse black tea vodka for your own tea cocktails.

This Chai Coffee Cocktail recipe is a variation on coffee with Bailey’s Irish cream. It combines hot coffee with creamy, spicy Voyant Chai Liqueur.

This Chai-Coffee Cocktail recipe is made with loose-leaf chai that has been brewed as a concentrate.

Soft, soothing, apple-sweet chamomile is enlivened with vodka in this easy-to-make "tea" spirit. Try this naturally flavored chamomile vodka straight, or mix it with citrus juice for a one-of-a-kind cocktail.

Green tea meets herbaceous, floral and citrusy flavors in this tea cocktail.

This cognac cocktail includes fresh brewed green tea and fresh ginger root.

Cold Japanese sake and iced green tea are the base of this unusual green tea sake punch recipe.

This green tea vodka recipe can be used to make sipping vodka, green tea liqueurs, green tea martinis and other green tea cocktails. It's incredibly easy to make -- simply infuse green tealeaves in vodka and add simple syrup to taste.

This classic Hot Toddy recipe can be made with any type of tea, but I recommend a strong black tea for the best flavor.

In this About.com video, Brian Nishii from Forbidden City in New York City explains how to make a green tea martini with Japanese shochu, green tea and honey.

In this About.com video, Jenna Blackwell explains how to make a hot toddy with your tea of choice.

Long Island Iced Tea isn't actually made with tea, but it is often considered to be a tea cocktail due to its misleading name and iced-tea-like flavor. In this About.com video, Jonathon Stewart explains how to make this powerful summer cocktail.

This blended green tea latte makes a cooling alcoholic drink when it's spiked with rum.

Green tea meets absinthe. The result? A VERY green tea cocktail.

The Jalisco High Tea Cocktail is made with lemon verbena, an herbal infusion with a mellow, lemony flavor.

Tea chef Cynthia Gold's versatile and easy Jasmine Tea & Brandied Fruit Sangria recipe can be made with oranges, apples, pears, plums, peaches and other fruits.

This spicy, strong, masala chai vodka makes an exceptional base for creamy cocktails. It's also delicious on its own or with a bit of simple syrup.

Flavors of masala chai and vanilla make this martini a great pick for fans of spiced, sweet cocktails.

Oolong tea lends a complex and sophisticated flavor profile to vodka in the oolong tea vodka recipe. Serve this oolong tea-infused vodka straight, mix it with simple syrup for a tea liqueur, or use it as a base for more complex tea cocktails.

Sweet, woody rooibos blends beautifully with spices, citrus, berries, chocolate and cream. Likewise, this rooibos-infused vodka recipe make a great base for a range of cocktails!

This tea cocktail recipe is made with Earl Grey and gin for a decidedly British colonialist flavor.

This "Tea Tini" uses sweet iced tea and lemon juice for a Southern sweet tea flavor.

This recipe collection from the About.com Cocktails guide includes tea-infused spirits, hot tea cocktail recipes and iced tea cocktail recipes.

A listing of tea-infused spirits, including commercially available sweet tea vodkas and green tea vodkas, and recipes for green tea vodka, black tea vodka, sweet tea vodka, chai vodka and more.

"The Model Tea" from The Manor Casual Bistro was the winning iced tea cocktail recipe in the June, 2011 tea recipe contest on About.com. It's an innovative and delicious iced tea cocktail made with Amaro Averna and Donnafugata Ben Rye Zibibbo Dessert Wine.

Urbàna Tea's Urbàna Nirvana Iced Tea Cocktail is a sparkling tea cocktail made with a blend of white tea, green tea and dried fruit, plus Chambord and sparkling wine / champagne.

Learn to make soothing hot toddies for winter colds and coughs with this hot toddy recipe, which combines black tea, lemon juice, spices, honey and your choice of rum, whiskey or brandy.

This unusual holiday punch recipe that originated in Germany, where it is called Grossmutter's Punsch (Grandmother's Punch). It is made with freshly brewed tea, preferably Earl Grey.