Baby Shower Punch & Cold Drink Recipes

Iced Green Tea

15 servings

Ingredients:

15 cups of water

½ cup sugar

2 ½ inches Ginger peeled and sliced

14-16 green tea bags

Ice cubes

Add cut fruit if desired

Directions:

In a large pot bring the water to a boil, add the sugar and ginger. Stir and let simmer with lid on for 5-7 minutes. Remove from stove; add tea bags and let cool for 4-5 minutes. Throw away the tea bags and strain ginger from the tea. Put the tea in a punch bowl and let sit for 3-4 hours. Add ice and lemon slices just before your baby shower guests arrive.

Iced Coffee

12 servings

Ingredients:

9 cups of cold water

Ice cubes

1 ¼ cup ground coffee

3 teaspoon ground cinnamon

6 teaspoons sugar

Directions:

Put cinnamon, sugar and coffee grounds into a filter lined coffee maker and add water to the water compartment. Brew the coffee and let sit 2 hours to cool. Sugar the coffee mug rims and serve over ice. It is a nice touch to add a dap of whip cream at the top of the cold coffees.

Baby Shower Punch

25 servings

Ingredients:

2 2-liter bottles of ginger ale

Ice cubes

1 can frozen citrus juice concentrate

1 can frozen strawberry kiwi juice concentrate

1 cup frozen blueberries, strawberries or raspberries (or a mixture of all three)

Directions:

Combine all liquid ingredients in a large punch bowl. Just before baby shower guests arrive add your ice cubes and frozen berries.

Cranberry Tea

10 servings

Ingredients

6 cups of water

8 green tea bags

2 mint tea bag

4 cups of cranberry juice

Directions:

Bring water to a boil in a pot. Then remove from the heat. Put green and mint tea bags in the pot. Cover with lid and let it sit for 10-15 minutes. Remove the tea bags from the pot. Chill for 2 hours before adding cranberry juice. Add ice and cranberries if desired.