tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84152355768494475992024-02-20T22:18:01.248+00:00Vintage Tea Party Luxury Vintage China Hire and Afternoon Tea Catering
vintage-tea-partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332355813948902754noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415235576849447599.post-69681608078804766062020-10-26T15:49:00.006+00:002020-10-26T21:51:46.804+00:00Sweet Tea Bourbon Cocktail <p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: Courgette;">To make a batch of 6 you need </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">6 cups of water<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">5 black tea bags <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">1/4 cup of honey<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">1/2 cup of bourbon<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">6 sliced orange rounds <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">6 sprigs of fresh mint<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Ice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Courgette;"> </span></o:p></span><b style="font-family: Courgette;">Method </b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Boil water and add tea
bags <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Streep for 4 minutes <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Remove tea bags<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Decant into pitcher<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Rest in the fridge until cold<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Pour bourbon, honey, orange
slices and mint into a bowl<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Press these together to
extract flavours <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Add to pitcher of tea<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Stir well<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Fill glasses with ice cubes<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Pour sweet boozy tea over ice</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>vintage-tea-partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332355813948902754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415235576849447599.post-69818139556212023312020-10-26T15:19:00.004+00:002020-10-26T21:04:58.437+00:00The Green Tea Gimlet Cocktail<p><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Courgette;">To make a batch of 4 you need</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Courgette; text-indent: 0cm;">5oz of Tanqueray gin </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courgette;"><span style="color: #444444;">2 heaped teaspoons of Genmai Cha
Japanese green tea</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courgette;"><span style="color: #444444;">3oz of fresh lime juice</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">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)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">4 lime wheels as a garnish</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courgette;"><span style="color: #444444;">Ice</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; color: #444444;">Method</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Courgette; text-indent: 0cm;">Put the tea into the gin and leave to
infuse overnight</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Courgette; text-indent: 0cm;">Leave glasses in the freezer to chill</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courgette;"><span style="color: #444444;">Drain tea-infused gin. (I'm sure you
can buy some fancy gadget to do this, but I use a clean pop sock)</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Courgette;"><span style="color: #444444;">Squeeze limes</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Fill a cocktail mixer with ice, add
gin, lime juice and sugar syrup stir until thoroughly chilled</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Courgette; text-indent: 0cm;">Pour into chilled glasses</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Add lime wedge garnish </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>vintage-tea-partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332355813948902754noreply@blogger.com