Lounge Tea
1.5 oz Bacardi Limon
1.5 oz Tuaca
.5 oz squeezed lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
6 mint leafs
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and shake with ice. Pour contents of glass into a tall glass and add some fresh ice. Top it off with fresh brewed ice tea and garnish with a thinly cut lemon wedge. Best enjoyed outside with sunshine, preferably with friends but not necessarily.
Lunch Break Tea
2 oz honey basil syrup*
.5 oz lemon juice
6 oz fresh iced tea
4 basil leafs
Smack the basil leafs between your hands a few times to release the oils and put them in a tall glass. Fill glass with ice. Add lemon juice and ice tea. Garnish with a lemon.
Slow Down
2 oz Bulliet Bourbon
1oz Gran Marnier
2 oz sour*
splash ice tea
Shake Bulliet, Gran Marnier and sour and strain over ice. Top with lemon lime soda and ice tea. Garnish a lemon, but after a few the garnish won't matter.
*Honey Basil Syrup
4 parts water
1 part honey
8 basil leafs
Put water and honey in a sauce pan and bring to a boil, making sure all of the honey is dissolved. Remove from heat. Immediately add basil leafs and place in refrigerator to cool.
*Sour Mix
4 parts water
2 part sugar
1 part lime juice
Put it all in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Cool before serving.
Courtesy:
John Maxwell
Rockwell/Republic