Cocktails with Banana tea
Banana tea is an alcohol-free infusion of banana simmered in water — soft, lightly sweet and fruity.
How it's used
Soft banana flavor with no alcohol: it can lengthen a drink or serve as its alcohol-free base.
Substitutes for Banana tea
Homemade banana tea
Make it yourself: simmer a medium banana, halved lengthwise with the peel on, in 750 ml of water for 10 minutes. Let it steep off the heat for 10 more, then strain.
Water with banana syrup
For every 45 ml of tea, use 45 ml of water and a barspoon of banana syrup. That mix is sweeter, so you'll need a little less of any plain syrup.
In place of the tea it adds alcohol and sugar. Use a barspoon at most per 45 ml and make up the rest with water.
Banana syrup
Poured one for one, it makes the cocktail far sweeter than the tea does.
Storage
Keep it in the fridge and use it within a day or two.
