When the scorching summer heat will tear you while taking a toll around the city, choose from any of these chilled, tea-based mocktails and cool yourself down.
Summer brings vibrant colors and warmth into our lives. The season brings relentless sun with itself and sun shades, sunscreens, and umbrellas become our main weapons to combat against the heat. However, that only cools us down from the outside, so people are always in need of something to freshen them up from the inside as well. A chilled glass of refreshing mocktail is the ideal thing that can revive you in that situation, and if that is made out of tea, it would be even better!!
The tea-based chilled mocktails not only taste good but are also a much healthier alternative to usual summer drinks. Infused with all the richness and goodness of teas of different kinds; Nilgiris, Assam, or Darjeeling, these mocktail options will also bring you rich fruity flavors with real fruit slices. So let’s take a stroll around Kolkata and search for the best tea-based mocktails that will serve ideally for the hot summer days.
The bourbon tea – Traffic Gastropub
The bourbon tea from the Traffic Gastropub is heaven for all mocktail lovers. This is infused with rich bourbon syrup and made with different teas that lock up all the flavor, goodness, and refreshment in the glass. The mocktail contains a heavy bourbon syrup that is filled with English tea, green tea, lavender, and orange syrup along with homemade honey-ginger. Presented in a beautiful glass and decorated with an orchid and a piece of orange, this aromatic drink is not only tasty but also surveyor health.
Aam Salaam, Pina Colada, Blue Lagoon – Karma Kettle
Karma Kettle is a beautiful picturesque tea room that has a little something for everyone. Situated on Swinhoe Street, this tea shop and cafe offers a wide variety of brews that are available in both hot and cold alternatives. For summer, one of the best-selling tea mocktails is its Aam Salaam which is a Darjeeling black tea-based mocktail. In a cute little mason jar or glass, you will get the tea flavored with raw and ripe mangoes, aam chur powder, passion fruit syrup, and refreshing mint leaves that will give you freshness on a hot afternoon. Another of its best sellers is the Pina Colada which contains black tea flavored with pineapple juice, coconut milk along sugar to taste. Lastly, you can never go wrong with a blue lagoon and Karma Kettle’s mocktail will definitely win your heart. This blue lagoon iced tea is made with mulberry leaves infused with butterfly pea flower tea bags and lime.
Watermelon iced tea and mango passion fruit – Coming Back to Life
The name of the cafe is appropriate as this nicely decorated cafe is a place where you can go if you want to escape from the bustling and hustling city. If relaxing on a hot and sultry afternoon with the decoration following the theme of spirituality sounds perfect to you, then drop by this cafe at Lake Avenue and gulp all the tiredness down with its tea-based mocktails. The cafe’s two bestsellers, Watermelon Iced Tea and Mango Passion Fruit, both come with iced tea liquor flavored with freshly chopped fruit slices, lemon tea syrups, and mint leaves. Packed with the nutrition and richness of fresh fruits, you can count on these mocktails to rejuvenate you in the hot afternoons of summer.
Peach Iced Tea – Snacking Cafe
If you are looking for a charming place to sit back with your buddies and have a good time over good food and summer-special drinks then this is your place. Snacking Cafe is situated opposite South City Mall and is the ideal place for non-alcoholic beverages, board games, and live music, as well. For the hot and humid summer, the cafe offers its bestseller, Peach Iced Tea that will bring your tired, sweaty body an instant refreshment. This summer special drink has Assam tea liquor as its base and it is infused with a brown sugar, peach flavor, and a lot of ice!
Darjeeling Iced Tea – Whistling Kettle
If you miss the cold and breezy Darjeeling in the scorching heat of Kolkata summer, then worry no more! Whistling Kettle is an absolute mini Darjeeling in the city of joy that will give you moments of ultimate peace and solace. This boutique-cum-cafe has both its hot and cold Darjeeling beverages on the best-selling list. However, their iced teas are ideal for a hot summer noon or evening. The best picks of the season are definitely the flavors such as lemon mint. Honey lemon and green mint iced teas. Each of these tea-based mocktails is made with freshly brewed, premium-quality Darjeeling tea. Then the tea is flavored with a generous amount of fruit syrups and a whole load of ice cubes. Surely these mocktails are enough to cool you down and if you are feeling a little hungry, make sure to check out their finger food menu!
Chilled White Tea – The Tea Place by Manjushree
Situated at one of the busiest parts of south Kolkata, Hindustan Park, Gariahat, The Tea Place by Manjushree is another place you can go for a chill drink if you want to cool off some heat on a summer evening. This tea lounge is famous for its wide collection of chilled white teas in different flavors. Another thing that makes the cafe so special is that all of its white teas are manufactured at its own Manjushree Plantations in the Nilgiris. You will be able to get your hands on some exotic flavors like strawberry, apricot, marigold, etc. In addition to these, you will also get green tea mocktails with rich flavors like orange, passion fruit, mint, and jasmine. So make sure to visit the tea lounge and indulge yourself in this wide spread of white and green tea options!
Assam Iced Tea – Yule Tea Lounge
This venture between Andrew Yule Tea and HIDCO is situated at Eco Park and the tea lounge is a fan favorite for serving mouth-watering breakfast along with a huge variety of hot brews. But the hot and humid summer season calls for chilled drinks and Yule Tea LOunge knows exactly how to deliver that. The best-selling iced teas in flavors like green apple and black currant are always a hit among customers. What makes this tea lounge special is that the Assam CTC tea comes straight from Andrew Yule garden in Rajgarh. The iced beverages contain freshly made apple or black currant juice with mint leaves, honey syrup, and a lot of ice.
Make sure to check these cafes out and sip the best-selling tea mocktails in the upcoming summer!
