Orange Blossom Green Tea with Pomegranate Syrup

For many people, fall is tea season. Well, for tea drinkers it’s probably always tea season, but for my pregnant wife at least, the cooler temperatures bring a chill that only a cup of tea can warm. So why not put a little of that warmth into our ice cream? And well, we actually did that exact thing a couple of weeks back with our Masala Chai Chocolate Chunk. This week, we’re doing it again. With such endless varieties of tea to work with, we might be steeping loose leaf tea all winter. Let’s get started with this week’s flavor – Orange Blossom Green Tea with Pomegranate Syrup.

 


Orange Blossom Green Tea Orange Blossom Green Tea Steeping in Ice Cream Base

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is loose leaf organic orange blossom green tea. The brew consists of jasmine, lemongrass, lemon myrtle, rose, orange and lime. That is a lot of stuff, and guaranteed, steeping it in our ice cream is going to bring out all of those flavors and aromas. Most teas require a certain temperature for steeping, which allows maximum flavor infusion, yet keeps it tasting subtle and fresh. This temperature range is usually between 175-190 degrees Fahrenheit, and that’s just too hot for our ice cream base, so to give our ice cream proper justice, we’re going steep the tea in our cream and milk before making our ice cream base. After the steep, we strain out the tea, make our ice cream base, cook it, cool it, and it is ready to be churned.

 

 

Organic Cold Pressed 100% Pomegranate Juice IMG_5644

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, the pomegranate syrup. I wanted a tart juice to contrast the smooth orange blossom tea infusion, and walking through the isle of juices, pomegranate spoke to me. It said, “Take me. Take me to that place. Take me to ice cream town.” It was meant to be, I guess. This is organic cold pressed 100% pomegranate juice. It’s tart, but not overpoweringly tart, like say cranberry juice would be. For the syrup, we reduced the pomegranate juice down a little to concentrate flavors and then add cane sugar. The result is a pomegranate syrup having the consistency of honey. So pretty much, this is pomegranate honey. It gets swirled into the ice cream before packaging.

 

 

Orange Blossom Green Tea with Pomegranate Syrup

 

 

 

Orange Blossom Green Tea with Pomegranate Syrup – ice cream to warm you.

 

You can be one of two lucky winners of this fabulous, scratch made craft ice cream in our weekly pint giveaway. Enter your name in the comments section here, or on our facebook page under the posted contest. Two winners will be drawn randomly on Friday 11/7/14 at 4pm. Winners must be able to pick up locally. Prizes must be claimed by email within one week or we will redistribute. 🙂 Good luck!

 

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Green Tea with Orange Shortbread Bars

Winter in Minnesota this year has brought us milder than usual temperatures, but this week is a different story. Winter is finally showing face and with the temperatures falling, what better way to celebrate than with some FrozBroz ice cream. This cold weather got us thinking about hot beverages, and in particular, hot tea. With all of the herbal teas out there, we decided to start with a classic in the ice cream world, and add a little orange twist.

 

 

 

 

This is Matcha Green Tea from the Tea Source in St. Paul. They provide the Twin Cities with the highest quality teas from around the world. Matcha is a Japanese ceremonial tea which has very complex vegetal qualities to it, which in our minds makes it great for ice cream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The leaves of Matcha are ground into a silky powder.

We steep this Matcha powder in hot cream, and although we can not be sure, we believe that most other ice cream makers making green tea ice cream skip this step. Instead they incorporate the powder directly into the base. Remember those complex vegetal notes? Steeping brings those out BIG TIME!

 

 

 

 

And here’s the orange twist! Citrus is in season, so we decided to rock these orange shortbread bars, made with butter, flour, sugar, orange and orange zest. They offer a great balance to the herbalness of the tea ice cream. The acidity of these bars cuts right through.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come celebrate Winter with us and have a little Green Tea with Orange Shortbread Bars.

 

 

 

How about a free pint?  As we do every week, we’ll be giving away two pints of this flavor. Just leave a comment on our facebook page to be entered into the drawing. If you don’t have a facebook account, leave a comment right here on the blog. We’ll draw two winners on Friday afternoon (1/20/2012) at 4pm and will announce them on our facebook page. Our only conditions are you must be able to pick it up here in Minneapolis, and be willing to give us a little feedback that can be shared with everyone else. Good luck!

 

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