Tiramisu Treviso Rooibos Tea Pancakes

  • Posted by veritas
  • October 20, 2009

On a chilly weekend morning there’s nothing better than a freshly steeped cup of tea and a homemade breakfast to enjoy while curled up in your favorite sweats (is it Saturday yet?). Although cereal is my go-to weekday choice, I often opt for pancakes made with tea on a leisurely weekend.

Flavorful blended teas are perfect for pancakes as they can turn boring batter into something truly exotic. So, in celebration of weekends and Teavana’s new teas, I am going to make pancakes with Tiramisu Treviso Rooibos Tea. This desert tea is filled with decadent ingredients like cocoa kernels, chocolate bits, orange peel, chicory, coriander, pistachio nuts, red pepper, almonds, caramelized macadamia nuts, cracknel bits, sunflower petals, and safflower petals. Who needs syrup when you’re cooking with a desert tea?

Hungry? Here’s a list of ingredients and a recipe for Tiramisu Treviso Rooibos Tea Pancakes

What You Need:

  • 2 tablespoons of Tiramisu Treviso Rooibos Tea (grind in blender if you want a smoother texture)
  • 2 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • ½ teaspoon of salt
  • 2 cups of buttermilk
  • 3 eggs
  • Your favorite syrup

How To Make It:

1. In a bowl, whisk 2 tablespoons sugar, flour, salt and baking powder.

2. Add buttermilk and 3 egg yolks and continue to whisk until the batter is smooth and thick.

3. Place the 3 egg whites in a separate bowl and beat with an electric mixer until you begin to see soft peaks form. Then add the sugar and mix until firm.

4. With a spatula, fold the egg whites into the batter. Then fold in the Tiramisu Treviso Rooibos Tea. 



5. Spray a pan (heated to medium low heat) with cooking spray and begin to make your pancakes (I recommend making each pancake with about 3 or 4 tablespoons of the batter).

Extra Tip: Steep a cup of the Tiramisu Treviso Rooibos Tea to sip while you make breakfast and introduce your palate to the array of flavors that you will soon enjoy in the pancakes.

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Written by:
Wendy C
Posted on:
October 20, 2009 at 3:51 pm

Sounds good but what is a cracknel bit? I did a search on it and can’t find anything except something about a mint cracknel that used to be sold in Australia. Just wondering????

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Written by:
Jason Witt
Posted on:
October 23, 2009 at 1:36 pm

For me it’s oatmeal that tea makes to taste so good. And the flavored teas can work quite well when oats are steeped in them. No sweetener is necessary with this tea porridge. –Teaternity

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Written by:
Cassandra
Posted on:
October 28, 2009 at 10:24 am

Cracknel is like sugary cookie/biscuit bits.

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Written by:
Wendy C
Posted on:
October 30, 2009 at 10:35 am

Thank you! I just recently tried this tea and it’s delicious.

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Maxine T
Posted on:
November 18, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Do you know if anyone has tried Tiramisu Treviso Rooibos Tea using packaged pancake mix?

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Written by:
Kat
Posted on:
January 21, 2011 at 11:38 am

I don’t have an easy way to grind the tea so I’m thinking of steeping strong tea and using that as my water with some packaged pancake mix. I’m using the Almond Biscotti (black tea from Teavana) mix, though. This came up first when I googled if anyone else was making pancakes with tea in them :)

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Written by:
veritas
Posted on:
January 21, 2011 at 12:03 pm

@ Kat – the steeping a concentrated tea idea would definitely work. I would hate to have crunchy tea bits in my fluffy pancakes. I would recommend using Rooibos over black tea though because you can steep it longer without the bitter/tannic finish that black tea could have.