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Earl Grey MarTEAni

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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin (tea infused)
3⁄4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1⁄2 fl oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

  1. INFUSE gin with black tea (preferably Earl Grey). Rather than infuse a whole bottle, you can instead pour just 120ml (4oz) dry gin (enough for two cocktails) into a small glass with one Earl Grey tea bag for 5 minutes at room temperature to achieve the desired flavour extraction. (Any longer and tannins can be overly dominant.)
  2. SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  3. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Earl Grey MarTEAni contains 192 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 16.16% alc./vol. (32.31° proof)
  • 19.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2000 by Audrey Saunders at Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle, New York City.

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Review

A fantastic and very English cocktail created by a New Yorker. The gin botanicals combine harmoniously with the flavours and tannins of the tea.

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Comments & Discussion

David Seward Premium Member
I have made this with a couple of table-spoons of loose tea leaves. Tea leaves are much better than tea bags in my view as tea bag tea is ground for quick brewing, not for flavour. About 30 minutes but can easily run to 1 hr with a 700ml bottle of gin works.

I also prefer Lapsang Souchon tea, with its smokiness as better than Earl Grey. Darjeeling also works but is similar to Earl Grey.
score: 2
MiRiNaeJM
A great tea-flavored gin sour.
Next time, I’ll use a tea-infused syrup as well.
score: 0
Andre Derailleur Premium Member
I previously searched for earl grey tea as an ingredient and this cocktail didn’t come up because earl grey isn’t in the list of ingredients.
score: 3
To Owens
make the sugar syrup with the tea bag instead... put the teabag and sugar into a cup and add boiling water, stir to dissolve sugar and bob's your uncle!
score: 4
Rin Cheung
what should I do if I wana infuse a hole bottle of 700ml's'gin with the tea bags…is that means I should put 10 package in to the gin??
score: 1
Russell Lee
Different tea bags may vary, but I'd stick with using about 4 tea bags for a full bottle of gin, and letting it steep for about 2 hours before checking in on it to see how it tastes (I've seen elsewhere to not go further than 8 hours of steeping). Using 10 tea bags is quite a lot - you can always add more and adjust as you go, and not so much the other way around (unless you have more bottles of gin around to water it down! Alternatively, you can always cut open the tea bags if you really want to get exacting with it - even then, 4 tablespoons of tea to steep for 2 hours (and up to 8 hours) will do it!
score: 1
Rin Cheung
Thank you
score: 1
Johan Lundström
I would not steep it for over 15 minutes - you get too many tannins.

(Yes, I tried two hours, and quickly decided not to after that.)
score: 0
Dávid Ugróczi
As someone who loves tea, especially Earl Grey, this was a real treat for me. I used Dilmah loose leaf tea for infusion, it was amazingly delicate.
score: 2
Ace Taylor Premium Member
Wow. I've been looking for ways to incorporate my love of tea into cooking and drinks for a long time and this is incredible! The earl grey is fragrant and comes through whilst keeping the drink well balanced. Well done Mr Difford!
score: 3
Russell Lee
A minor thing for anyone infusing in smaller servings - some of that gin's measurments will end up staying absorbed inside the tea bag, so if you're infusing 2 or 4 oz, you're probably going to end up losing 0.2 or 0.4 oz of gin to the infusion. You could squeeze every last drop of gin from tea bag, but a warning that you'll over-extract tannins and bitterness doing this. Just make sure you add a tiny splash more gin for your infusion at the start to avoid this (or just do larger servings).
score: 8
Seán Cassidy
One of my favourite drinks ever. Like Peter below I've just tried this with Lady Grey and agree it's perhaps a little more understated than Earl (although I suspect there's probably not a great deal between any black tea used, anyone tried this with PG Tips yet?!)

And thanks for including the advice on infusing smaller quantities Simon, all the other recipes I've seen insist on using an entire bottle which isn't terribly practical for the home drink-mixer...!!
score: 2
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
Thanks, Seán. I've updated the "How to make" above to make clearer.
score: 2

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