China · Home-style
Passion Fruit and Orange Cooler
A sweet-sour summer drink pairing the tropical tartness of passion fruit with sweet orange, layered over jasmine green tea or sparkling soda. Served over plenty of ice, it cuts through rich food.
The passion fruit needs a day's notice, since macerating it early lets the fruit and sugar mingle into a syrup and mellows its sharp edge. The tea is brewed strong and poured over a lot of ice, which is the usual summer way to drink jasmine green tea in southern China. The same base works with soda water for a sparkling version, and both are equally common at home.
Ingredients
- orange200 g
- jasmine green tea leaves6 g
- boiling water150 ml
- ice cubes160 g
- passion fruit3 pieces
- caster sugar30 g
- honey10 g
Directions
- 1
Macerate the passion fruit; the quantities given here cover two rounds, since a single batch is hard to scale up.
- 2
Brew the jasmine green tea, aiming for roughly one to two parts tea to fifty parts water to thirty parts ice.
- 3
Prepare the orange, which can be done while the tea steeps.
- 4
Assemble the drink.
Source: HowToCook · WorldBite adaptation · Unlicense source text; bilingual recipe adapted by WorldBite.