Skill Level: Medium Occasion: Christmas Glass Type: Tea Cups
This Spiced Apple Tea cocktail is the perfect winter tipple for the Christmassy break. Enriched with warm winter spices, fruits and a splash of gin it will keep you and your guests warm and instantly impress. Perfect for when the weather is cold outside, it needs to be on your list of cocktails to make this Christmas…
Ingredients
100 ml Bombay Sapphire
40 ml Martini® Bianco
225 ml Water
4.5 tsp honey
3 Whole thin apple slices
1 Cinnamon Stick
2 Cloves
2 Cardamom pods (broken)
1/2 Vanilla pod
1 Black tea bag
50 ml Unfiltered/cloudy apple juice
20 ml Fresh lemon juice
Orange zest
Freshly grated nutmeg
Method
1
In a saucepan add the water, honey, apple juice and apple slices, cinnamon, cloves, cardamon and vanilla pod and bring the mixture to boil.
2
Turn off the heat and add a tea bag to the saucepan and wait 3 minutes. Now remove the tea bag, spices and apple slices (retain for garnish).
3
Pour in the Bombay Sapphire, Martini® Bianco and fresh lemon juice and heat for 25 seconds stirring continually. Finally, strain into two teacups and garnish with the orange zest, apple slices and a sprinkle of freshly grated nutmeg.
Purchase your bottle of Bombay Sapphire
Created from a recipe using 10 different ingredients, Bombay Sapphire is a complex, crisp and multi-layered gin. Unique in flavour and great in a cocktail, it’s no surprise they have won numerous awards.
If you would like to purchase your own bottle of Bombay Sapphire and make this delicious Spiced Apple Tea or try it on its own, you can here. Alternatively, you can find out more about Bombay Sapphire here.
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