TEA MARTINIS (TeaTinis)
Tea, in all its flavors, can add an exciting splash to almost any martini. For any martini that calls for tea, simple create ahead of time and let it cool.
THE CLASSIC COCKTAIL WITH A LITTLE TWIST.
MISTLETOE MARTINI
- 3-4 ice cubes
- 3 oz. Cranberry tea, chilled
- 2 oz. vodka
- 2 oz. orange juice
- 3 teaspoon sugar
- 3/4 oz. lemon juice
Place ice cubes in Martini shaker and add all ingredients. Close the shaker and shake. Strain into two martini glasses. Garnish and enjoy.
Holiday Hint:
If you're making several teatinis, brew a pot of Tetley Cranberry tea beforehand. Then you'll have enough tea handy to mix more cocktails.
Add a festive flaire with these garnish ideas:
·Fresh or frozen cranberries
·Thin wheels of lemon or lime
·Fresh mint leaves
·Cinnamon sticks
·Mini candy canes
GREEN TEA MARTINI
- Ice
- 1 ounce green tea, chilled
- 2 ounces citron vodka
- 1 teaspoon Cointreau
- 1 teaspoon simple syrup
- Orange twist
Fill a shaker with ice. Add green tea, vodka, Cointreau and simple syrup. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
GIN & TEA
A new twist on the Gin & Tonic.
- 1 ½ oz. Gin
- 1/2 oz. lemon juice
- 1 oz. Simple Syrup
- 3 oz. Orange pekoe tea
- Tonic water
Build all the ingredients over ice in a highball glass and top with tonic. Garnish with a lemon wedge.
TEA-FOR-TWO-MARTINI
- 1 ½ oz. Spiced Rum
- 3 oz. black tea
- 1 oz. Simple syrup
- 1 ½ cranberry juice
- 1 tsp. grenadine
Place tea in martini shaker along with rum and mixers, shake well and strain into two-chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a cherry.
RED TEA
- 1 oz. Chambord or your favorite Raspberry Liqueur
- 1 oz. Vodka
- 3 oz. tea
- 1 oz. simple syrup
Pour all ingredients into a shakee and shake well. Pour into a martini glass and garnish with raspberries.
In all its forms, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, classic and complicated, sweet and spicy -- there's nothing that makes a martini look better than a unique garnish. So don't settle for the standard lemon twist. Think mint sprigs, cinnamon sticks, apple slices, blood orange wheels, red currants.
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