Kate Waterhouse's Lipton Ice Green Tea Party, Ivy Sun Room, CBD Sydney (29 May 2012)

Ivy Sun Room, Level 3, 330 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000
http://liptonicetea.com.au

Green with refreshing envy

“Lipton Ice Green Tea is naturally low in calories, with no preservatives, artificial flavours or sweeteners. Made with real green tea leaves the Lipton Ice Green Tea range includes flavours such as Original, Citrus and Mango.”

Thanks to Rachel Winter and Caroline Bligh from Pulsecom for inviting me to the intimate Lipton Ice Green Tea Party hosted by Kate Waterhouse. Not only was Miss Kate easy-on-the-eye and incredibly slim to perhaps the envy of every women in the room but the three promoted Ice Tea drinks were refreshingly light on the palate without tasting too sweet. These days I personally avoid buying soft drinks and similar beverages which might be high in sugar and boringly opt for plain old tap water or fresh juicers as my preferred thirst quencher, but each to their own. My mind wandered to the potential of making an alcoholic cocktail with these drinks. Perhaps a Long Island Iced Tea using the Original Iced Tea instead of Coca-Cola, Citrus Vodka with the Citrus Iced Tea and Mango Liqueur with the Mango Iced Tea might work a treat? I was assured the unnatural sounding 'Tea Flavonoids' listed on the nutrition label was actually natural and Lipton Ice Tea had no preservatives, artificial colours or sweeteners — thankfully it tasted pretty good too. Impressive canapés were served to match the three kinds of Ice Tea. The Herb crusted salmon ballontine with horseradish and watercress and Alaskan king crab, black pepper and lime pillow sandwiches were my favourites of the day. All the canapés were cleverly designed to be bite sized except for the tasty Crisped zucchini flower in a soft flour tortilla with avocado salsa verde which had the potential to be a dress stainer from the juices if you weren't too careful. 

SNAPSHOT REVIEW:

PROS: Nice venue and interesting canapés served, Lipton Ice Tea has a refreshing taste that's not overly sweet on the palate

CONS: Still contains sugar of around 4.5%, I was the only guest who was a guy (although I didn't mind)

MUST TRY: Finding a cocktail recipe that works with Lipton Ice Tea

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Miss Kate Waterhouse — yep, she is that pretty in person

Original Iced Tea

Tuna tartare with cucumber, wasabi, soy and yuzu

Asparagus and fontina cheese tart with shallots and parmesan

Italian prosciutto with savoury ricotta and parmesan on gnocco fritto

Citrus Iced tea

Fennel and orange cured kingfish with white miso, fennel and shiso 

Crostini of fresh tomato, bocconcini and basil

Herb crusted salmon ballontine with horseradish and watercress
SIMON FAVOURITE :-)

Mango Green Tea

Spiced prawns with green mango salad and burnt chilli salsa

Alaskan king crab, black pepper and lime pillow sandwiches
SIMON FAVOURITE :-)

Crisped zucchini flower in a soft flour tortilla with avocado salsa verde

Speech time with Kate Waterhouse and Lipton representative

Guests in the Sun Room — nice venue for an event

Canapés are served

Canapé Menu and Iced Tea matching — excellent catering

Nutrition Information

Welcoming service staff with iced water although a glass of champers would have gone down well as a nice start for a tea party :-)

Official photographer in action — thanks for the flash tips

Goodie bag of Lipton Ice Tea and themed glassware

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