Guilt Tea Pleasure
Cocktail Recipe

RECIPE BY: ABSOLUT DRINKS TEAM
WRITTEN BY: SCOTT VAN DORT

The Guilt Tea Pleasure is a new tea cocktail and an easy to make summer drink.

Believe me, there’s zero guilt in chilling outside with the Guilt Tea Pleasure in hand. It’s deliciously fresh, citrusy, and floral. 

You’ll taste the floral notes from the Cold Brew Jasmine Tea and Lillet Blanc, which pair beautifully with the citrusy zest from Absolut Lime and Lemon Juice. The Ginger Syrup adds a nice touch of spice, and the clean, crisp Soda Water ties it all together perfectly.

How To Make a Guilt Tea Pleasure

What You’ll Need

• Jigger or Measuring Instrument
• Paring Knife
• Citrus Elbow
• Hawthorne Strainer
• Highball Glass
• Boston Shaker

How to Mix

1. Pour Simple Syrup into the smaller tin of your Boston Shaker.
2. Halve a Lemon, juice it with a Citrus Elbow into the Jigger, and add the juice to the Shaker.
3. Add Lillet Blanc to the Shaker.
4. Pour Ginger Syrup into the Shaker.
5. Take your Cold Brew Jasmine Tea from the refrigerator, measure, and pour into the Shaker.
6. Add Absolut Lime to the Shaker.
7. Fill the Shaker with Ice Cubes and shake vigorously until chilled.
8. Fill a Highball Glass with Ice Cubes.
9. Strain your cocktail into the Highball Glass using a Hawthorne Strainer.
10. Top off with Soda Water.
11. Garnish with a couple of Edible Flowers placed on top.
12. Sip and enjoy!

The History of the Guilt Tea Pleasure

The Guilt Tea Pleasure is a new cocktail created by the Absolut Drinks team for an episode of Absolut Drinks with Rico in the spring of 2025.

Tips for Making the Perfect Guilt Tea Pleasure

• Make your own Ginger Syrup
  Making great drinks is all in the details. For this drink, we highly recommend making your own Ginger Syrup instead of buying bottled stuff. It’s more potent and tastes much better.

  Don’t have a juicer? No problem! Just use a blender. Chop up some ginger into small chunks, toss them in, and add about 1 cup of filtered water. Blend until smooth, strain the juice through a sieve, and voilà!

• Juice your own Lemon Juice
  Emphasizing the point above – to make great tasting drinks, you can’t cut corners. Sure, you could use store bought Lemon Juice in a bottle but it’s not going to taste as fresh.

  So, grab a Citrus Press or Citrus Elbow and squeeze your own Lemon Juice.

• Make your own Cold Brew Jasmine Tea
  Just like the Ginger Syrup and Lemon Juice, we highly recommend cold brewing Jasmine Tea yourself. Making Cold Brew Jasmine Tea is easy.
  
  Simply place loose-leaf tea or tea bags with water in a pitcher, using 2 grams of tea for every 250ml of water. Let it steep in the fridge for 4-12 hours. Strain, and you’ll have cold-brew tea that’ll be fresh for days.

 Variations of a Guilt Tea Pleasure

First thing’s first, the number of Tea and Flavored Vodka combinations you could make is quite literally endless. But here’s a couple to get you going!

• Earl Grey MarTEAni
  If you love the taste of Bergamot, then this cocktail is definitely going to be your cup of tea (pun intended). First, brew 4 cups of Earl Grey Tea, then chill it in the refrigerator for 2-4 hours.
  
  Once chilled, grab a Cocktail Shaker, fill it with Ice Cubes, add 60 ml (2 parts) of Absolut Vodka, 180 ml (6 parts) Earl Grey Tea, and 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of Simple Syrup. Shake and serve in a Martini Glass and garnish with a Lemon Twist. TEA-delicious!
• Vodka and Cold Brew Black Iced Tea
  OK, it doesn’t get easier than mixing Vodka with Cold Brew Loose Leaf Black Tea. Mix 45 ml (1.5 parts) Absolut Vodka, 30 ml (1 part) Cold Brew Iced Black Tea, 7.5 ml (0.25 parts) Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice and a teaspoon of Simple Syrup. Garnish with a Lemon Wedge and you’ve got yourself on hell of a taste-TEA cocktail!

• Vodka and Cold Brew Flavored Iced Tea
  The same as above but swap out the Cold Brew Iced Tea for your favorite Cold Brew Flavored Iced Tea. Effortlessly delicious! For a summery touch, add some Mint Leaves to garnish. Minty fresh, totally delicious.

Serving and Garnish Ideas for a Guilt Tea Pleasure

Serve this drink in a Highball Glass filled with Ice Cubes, and garnish with one or two Edible Flowers.

The Edible Flowers perfectly complement the floral notes of the Jasmine Tea and make your drink look pretty and even more enticing.