To make a batch of 6 you need
6 cups of water
5 black tea bags
1/4 cup of honey
1/2 cup of bourbon
6 sliced orange rounds
6 sprigs of fresh mint
Ice
Boil water and add tea
bags
Streep for 4 minutes
Remove tea bags
Decant into pitcher
Rest in the fridge until cold
Pour bourbon, honey, orange
slices and mint into a bowl
Press these together to
extract flavours
Add to pitcher of tea
Stir well
Fill glasses with ice cubes
Pour sweet boozy tea over ice
To make a batch of 4 you need
5oz of Tanqueray gin
2 heaped teaspoons of Genmai Cha
Japanese green tea
3oz of fresh lime juice
2oz of sugar syrup (Easy to make, its equal amounts of sugar to water heated until the sugar is dissolved and left to cool. I make up enough to fill a bottle and keep it in the fridge)
4 lime wheels as a garnish
Ice
Method
Put the tea into the gin and leave to infuse overnight
Leave glasses in the freezer to chill
Drain tea-infused gin. (I'm sure you
can buy some fancy gadget to do this, but I use a clean pop sock)
Squeeze limes
Fill a cocktail mixer with ice, add gin, lime juice and sugar syrup stir until thoroughly chilled
Pour into chilled glasses
Add lime wedge garnish