There
are many books on making Herbal cocktails, like the Drunken Botanist by Amy
Stewart or Clean Cocktails by Beth Nydick and Tara Roscioli. Each of these
has great ideas for turning your garden jewels into a wonderful relaxing
beverage. After reading these I started
to experiment with tastes and flavors and cocktails and mocktails and came up
with quite a number of them.
One of the great ways to get the taste of herbs into a cocktail is to make a tea. Tea Cocktails take the flavor of tea and use it to enhance a combination with alcohol.
Apple juice
Whiskey
Apple, sliced thin
One of the great ways to get the taste of herbs into a cocktail is to make a tea. Tea Cocktails take the flavor of tea and use it to enhance a combination with alcohol.
Here
are some tips for making tea cocktails
1.
Always
make your tea stronger than you think necessary for cocktails. Don’t use more
time to achieve this; instead, use more tea. Many people make the mistake of
steeping the tea for too long to try and get more flavor. The results? Bitter,
sour tea. Use more dry tea but stick with the suggested steeping times. You’ll
love the power behind a tea concentrate.
2.
Be
aware of balance. A stronger tea like rooibos, a tisane versus true tea, has
nutty notes that beg to be enhanced by a robust spirit like bourbon or rum. On
the other hand, a more delicate tea like white tea requires a spirit that won’t
overwhelm it, making vodka or light rum ideal.
Apple Breakfast Tea Cocktail
English
breakfast tea
ThymeApple juice
Whiskey
Apple, sliced thin
Brew
a fresh batch of tea with added sprigs of thyme. Chill and add equal parts clear apple juice
and tea. Pour into a balloon glass and
spike each one with a shot of your favorite whiskey. Garnish with apple wheels and sprigs of
thyme.
RECIPE THEME
Each
month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive
archive will be shared. This year we have 12 new topics, different from the
topics of last year. To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe
link
or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018.
You
can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box
and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom
of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each
month. All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2019 so you can find
them
all.
The
themes are:
Jan
2019 – Chicken and Dumplings
(CDumpsJan)
Feb
2019 - Pasta Dishes
(PastaFeb)
March
2019 - Edible Flowers
(FlowerMar)
April 2019 - Seafood
Recipes
(SeafoodApr)
May 2019 - Cajun
And Creole
(C&CMay)
June
2019 - Vegetarian Dishes
(VegJun)
July
2019 - Zucchini Recipes
(ZucJul)
August 2019 - National Mustard Day – mustard recipes
(MustardAug)
September 2019 - Quiche
(QuicheSep)
October 2019 - Crock Pot
meals (CrockOct)
November 2019 -
Pies (PieNov)
December 2019 -
Mocktails (MockDec)
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