Southern Dinner: Bourbon Mint Tea
Everyday Food (May 2008)
As we've alluded to before, we're both originally from the South. As such, we have an affinity for both sweet tea (thank goodness there aren't many places in town that serve it) and bourbon (thank goodness it's available everywhere).
With Spring hitting on all cylinders and the Derby just behind us, we couldn't pass up Everyday Food's Bourbon Mint Tea. Since we were having a group of friends over for a Southern dinner, we thought this was the perfect cocktail to start the evening.
If you're a fan of bourbon, mint and tea, this is the recipe for you. We found that it produced just the right ratio of these ingredients without being too sweet. Needless to say there wasn't any leftover from the evening.
We're always looking for new ideas for bourbon drinks. Have one you want to share?
Bourbon Mint Tea
Everyday Food (May 2008)
In a large saucepan, boil 4 cups water. Add 1/2 cup sugar; stir to dissolve. Remove from heat; add 8 teabags of black tea. Steep 10 minutes; discard teabags. Add 4 cups cold water; transfer to pitcher, and chill. Add 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves. Using a wooden spoon, crush mint until fragrant; stir in 2 cups bourbon. Serve over ice.
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Posted by: Restaurante el Coso | May 18, 2008 at 04:44 AM
Yummy! Yea for Southerns! You can never go wrong with Bourbon and Sweet Tea!
Posted by: Ginny | May 20, 2008 at 10:10 PM
This looks amazingly delicious. I'll take three please!
Posted by: Elizabeth@CapitalSpice | May 21, 2008 at 11:27 AM
I don't expect you guys to invite me to every meal, but ones that involve bourbon, I most certainly do. Anyhoo, I made this recipe for a quick breakfast on-the-go and it was deelish!
Posted by: Sue D. | May 27, 2008 at 11:04 PM
@Sue - best comment ever!
Posted by: Clay@The Bitten Word | May 28, 2008 at 02:36 PM
Hi!
I work at Everyday Food's blog Dinner Tonight and just found your blog. It's great -- and I'm glad you liked the bourbon tea! I hope you swing by our site sometime and let us know what you think of it.
www.marthastewart.com/dinnertonight
Thanks,
Alison S.
Posted by: Alison | June 11, 2008 at 04:25 PM
Sounds exquisite and refreshing! Thanks for this cocktail recipe!
Posted by: Marion | March 09, 2009 at 07:40 AM