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« on: June 26, 2012, 02:34:37 am » |
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Does anybody have any ideas of an alcohol that would mix well with Earl Grey?
When it gets later in the evening, I almost always want tea, but there is also a strong desire to drink something alcoholic after a long day.
I was just wondering if anybody had any ideas of good ways to combine the two?
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« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2012, 04:04:40 am » |
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I find whiskey works well for my taste, but depends on your ratio to tea and stiff drink
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« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2012, 04:16:13 am » |
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As burgeoning tea aficionado, this question peaked my interest. A quick jaunt about the web seems to show that any basic alcohol can be mixed with Earl Grey to great effect, but the most common seems to be gin or vodka. Almost all recipes recommend adding quite a bit of sugar or honey to the Earl Grey and then adding the spirits of choice. If you find a Cream Earl Grey (Early Grey with a bit of Vanilla), I'd be interested to see how a creamy liquor works as added- instead of cream or sugar. But my favorite: |
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« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2012, 10:00:19 am » |
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There's a thread or two on Tea Based Cocktails in anatomical, I can't search for them for you at the moment as I'm meant to be working  I know I posted one or two recipes. including the T&G. Might be worth typing cocktails into the search box in this section. |
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2012, 05:02:05 pm » |
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Thanks everyone! I looked around the interwebs and pretty much the only thing I saw was adding some Baileys but I'm not too sure how well that would turn out. There's a thread or two on Tea Based Cocktails in anatomical, I can't search for them for you at the moment as I'm meant to be working I know I posted one or two recipes. including the T&G. Might be worth typing cocktails into the search box in this section. Ah! My bad! I will do a search and see what I can find. |
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« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2012, 08:15:36 pm » |
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« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2012, 08:30:03 pm » |
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« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2012, 03:28:02 am » |
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"Tea, Earl Gray, Neat" - Jean-Luc Picard (sorry, but it just needed saying...
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« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2012, 07:11:25 pm » |
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I have had good experiences with both vodka and rum in my tea. (not in the same serving)
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« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2012, 07:53:39 am » |
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Blueberry tea can be made with Earl Grey. 1 oz. Amaretto + 1oz. Grande Marnier + tea, (Earl Grey or orange pekoe.)
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« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2012, 12:19:03 pm » |
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Tea and alcohol. I never thought of that. From the top of my head, I'd say any Liqueur could work.
I never had Blueberry tea before but I think it would taste like tea with an almond (amaretto) and orange (Grande Marnier) taste.
Personally I think I would go for a Jagermeister/Earl Gray combination. Perhaps a mint liqueur and chocolate liqueur with Earl Gray. If that tastes good and it hasn't been named before, I'd call it "after eight tea"
I think I'm going to have to experiment various combinations soon.
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« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2012, 07:58:41 pm » |
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An After Eight sounds lovely.
I was astonished to find that blueberry tea tastes like, well, blueberries rather than orange and almond.
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« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2012, 04:33:16 pm » |
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Swedish coastal winters are, in my rag-tag bunch of misfits social circle made more
bearable with what we call Pirates´ Breakfast; hot earl grey and dark (preferably spicy) rum with a good deal of honey added.
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« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2012, 02:40:25 am » |
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Dr. Montgomery is correct, in fact the Kraken Rum is quite nice in Earl Grey.
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« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2012, 07:21:18 am » |
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Absinthe. A bottle of absinthe to drink and a box of Earl Grey to look at - perfect!
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« Reply #15 on: July 05, 2012, 02:32:39 pm » |
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Have you tried sweet tea vodka? It's a US southern thing. It's concentrated, almost like a syrup, and you mix water with it. It's really sweet too, like southern Sweet black tea. Yummy too!!
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« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2012, 05:39:20 pm » |
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These are all great ideas! Thanks guys! I appreciate all the ideas, and can't wait to try some out when I have money for alcohol  |
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« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2012, 03:06:50 am » |
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There's also the fabled 'Long Island Ice Tea', which, as I remember, doesn't taste much like real ice tea... |
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« Reply #18 on: July 10, 2012, 11:44:59 am » |
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Zubrowka Vodka mixes nicely with Earl Grey tea. The flavor of the bison grass and the tea work well together. It is also possible to create a very nice twist on hot chocolate by brewing a double bergamot Earl Grey and, whilst quite warm, whipping in your preferred drinking chocolate. I have tried using Mexican chocolate but find the spices do not play well with the tea. I prefer Ghirardelli ground chocolate. It has a nice round, creamy mouth feel and does not overwhelm the tea. I do use A Molinillo and stoneware chocolate pot to achieve a creamy consistency. Though I have not experimented in the alcoholic direction with this particular treat, a shot of vodka might just disappear into the other flavors. Of course… grappa, or even something quite herbal like ouzo or Chartreuse might play off the double bergamot very well.
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« Reply #19 on: July 10, 2012, 08:38:05 pm » |
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Frisian version calls for rum and brown sugar in your hot tea.
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« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2012, 08:50:47 pm » |
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There's also the fabled 'Long Island Ice Tea', which, as I remember, doesn't taste much like real ice tea... Ah- one of my very favourites- discovered in Ottawa, I had to beg to get one in Chicago Airport,possibly in case of spontaneous combustion... Disappointing in the UK though, I had to wait in a hotel bar for the kettle to boil... as you suspect, there should not be any tea in it at all... HP |
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« Reply #21 on: July 29, 2012, 02:29:02 am » |
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Indeed, Long Island Iced Tea and its cousin, Tokyo Tea have absolutely no room for tea in them, as all the volume not taken up by alcohol is occupied by sugar water. A properly built one (full shots, not some candy-ass cocktail-lounge nouvelle-cuisine-portioned foolishness) will put the average adult solidly over the legal driving limit in most places, and two will put many people under the table.
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