Black Cherry Tea Infused Cocktail

Alright team here is another original!

I've wanted to experiment with steeping tea in vodka for awhile now and I thought it would be good to start with one of my wife's favorites, Black Cherry.

In this cocktail I used a black cherry tea and infused it in a regular vodka for just over 3 hours. The flavor is a little different then what you would imagine as the tea itself adds a layer beyond what a store bought cherry vodka would deliver.

As for the cocktail here is the recipe that I came up with; I am going to do a few more drinks with this idea to see what else I can come up with!

1 ounce Black Cherry Tea infused vodka
1 ounce of vanilla vodka
1 ounce of black raspberry rum
Finish with Sprite.

As for the garnish I used a couple of whole black cherries dredged in sugar with a sugared rim. A nice lemon peel would also give this some contrast in color.

The Gear Post

Hi Team!

I realized that I was two posts into my blog and I didn't give any info on what you need to make these fantastic drinks!

So as you can see from the picture below, there are a lot of options out there for bar equipment. The basics that you'll need on your mixology adventure will be: a shaker, a two sided jigger and a couple of bar spoons.

I would also suggest a few items like straws (both drink size and stirring size), stirring rods and garnish toothpicks.

Now the sky is the limit from there, if you are going the extra mile I would suggest different size shakers, extra jiggers and at least one good cocktail book for reference.