Average
Fresh
5 Minutes
Highball Glass
Ingredients
The Guilt Tea Pleasure is a new vodka and tea cocktail made with Absolut Lime.
Deliciously fresh, citrusy, and floral, trust me, there’s zero guilt in chilling outside with the Guilt Tea Pleasure in hand.
Made with lime-flavored vodka, cold brew jasmine tea, Lillet Blanc, lemon juice, ginger syrup, soda water and garnished with an edible flower or two, the Guilt Tea Pleasure is the perfect drink for any springtime celebration.
How To Make A GUILT TEA PLEASURE COCKTAIL
Bar tools you’ll need
Jigger
Knife
Fine Strainer
Boston Shaker
Citrus Elbow
Hawthorne Strainer
How to Mix
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Pour Simple Syrup into the smaller tin of your Boston Shaker.
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Halve a Lemon, juice it with a Citrus Elbow into the Jigger, and add the juice to the Shaker.
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Add Lillet Blanc to the Shaker.
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Pour Ginger Syrup into the Shaker.
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Take your Cold Brew Jasmine Tea from the refrigerator, measure, and pour into the Shaker.
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Add Absolut Lime to the Shaker.
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Fill the Shaker with Ice Cubes and shake vigorously until chilled.
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Fill a Highball Glass with Ice Cubes.
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Strain your cocktail into the Highball Glass using a Hawthorne Strainer.
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Top off with Soda Water.
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Garnish with a couple of Edible Flowers placed on top.
Watch Rico make 3 drinks with Absolut Lime, including the Guilt Tea Pleasure!
ALL ABOUT THE GUILT-TEA PLEASURE
The Guilt Tea Pleasure is a tea and vodka cocktail made with Absolut Lime and was created by the Absolut Drinks team in 2025. It’s floral and citrusy with a fresh, spring–is-in-the-air elegance.
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 fresh lemon juice. The ginger syrup adds a lovely spiciness, while the clean, crisp soda water ties it all together perfectly.
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.
- 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. - Cold brew your own 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.
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.
- Serve this drink in a Highball Glass filled with Ice Cubes.
- 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.
Super simple summer drink – I do love my tea cocktails.
Bartender and Global Brand Ambassador
Guilt Tea Pleasure FAQ
Rum, vodka, and bourbon are the most common and popular spirit choices for spiked tea. Depending on if you’re using a flavored tea, a chai tea or a fruity tea, different spirits complement teas. For example, black tea works well with bourbon, while jasmine tea and citrus tea works well with vodka.
Both. Some tea cocktails are meant to be served hot, others cold. It all depends on the drink, the type of tea, and the season. For example, the Guilt Tea Pleasure uses cold brew tea and should be served cold, while an American Tea-Grog should be served hot.
