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With my thanks to BBQ Engineer for starting this series of threads.
This drink comes from the magazine Saveur.
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The alcoholic fruit drink we know as punch is an Indian invention that was adopted in the 1600s by British sailors, who later introduced it to the Caribbean islands, where it flourished.
2 cups strong black tea (hot)
1⁄2 cup demerara sugar (I used turbinado, as they're similar and demerara was 3x the price)
1⁄2 cup fresh lime juice (All citrus in my drinks must be fresh, or I'll have something else)
2 cups aged rum (rhum vieux)
Fresh nutmeg
1. Fill a medium freezerproof bowl with water; freeze.
2. Mix hot tea and sugar, stirring until sugar is dissolved; refrigerate to let cool. Once the tea mixture is cool, add lime juice and rum. Stir well; refrigerate until ready to use.
3. About 30 minutes before serving, loosen ice from bowl and transfer to a punch bowl. Pour punch over ice and top with a generous grating of nutmeg.
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Well, I only had you people to share this with, so I made for one.
4 parts sweet tea
1 part lime juice
4 parts
Made the tea
Cocktails require mise en place too.
And I decided to shake it because it has citrus in it, and I wanted to.
I don't use this rum for anything else, and the nutmeg really compounds the vegetal aromas of the rum. If you're drinking these outside in the sun, I could see consuming way too many.
This drink comes from the magazine Saveur.
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The alcoholic fruit drink we know as punch is an Indian invention that was adopted in the 1600s by British sailors, who later introduced it to the Caribbean islands, where it flourished.
2 cups strong black tea (hot)
1⁄2 cup demerara sugar (I used turbinado, as they're similar and demerara was 3x the price)
1⁄2 cup fresh lime juice (All citrus in my drinks must be fresh, or I'll have something else)
2 cups aged rum (rhum vieux)
Fresh nutmeg
1. Fill a medium freezerproof bowl with water; freeze.
2. Mix hot tea and sugar, stirring until sugar is dissolved; refrigerate to let cool. Once the tea mixture is cool, add lime juice and rum. Stir well; refrigerate until ready to use.
3. About 30 minutes before serving, loosen ice from bowl and transfer to a punch bowl. Pour punch over ice and top with a generous grating of nutmeg.
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Well, I only had you people to share this with, so I made for one.
4 parts sweet tea
1 part lime juice
4 parts
Made the tea
Cocktails require mise en place too.
And I decided to shake it because it has citrus in it, and I wanted to.
I don't use this rum for anything else, and the nutmeg really compounds the vegetal aromas of the rum. If you're drinking these outside in the sun, I could see consuming way too many.
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