Chai Old Fashioned Cocktail
Let the worries of the day drift away with warm and welcoming spice and fruit notes.
aged rum | chai spices | blackberries | maple | allspice bitters
Serving: 1
Ingredients:
2 oz Aged Rum
½ oz Maple Simple Syrup
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
4 Blackberries
* Maple Simple Syrup
2 parts maple syrup
1 part water
Garnish:
Cinnamon stick or lemon twist
Method:
Boil water and brew 3 tablespoons of loose leaf chai tea, letting it steep for 3-5 minutes
Pour the steeped chai tea into an ice tray and let it freeze overnight
Once the ice cubes are frozen, muddle blackberries in a mixing glass
Add the aged rum, maple 2:1, and Angostura Bitters into the mixing glass with ice and stir for 20 seconds
In a rocks glass, add the chai ice cubes and double strain the cocktail with a hawthorne strainer and a fine tea strainer to remove any blackberry pieces
Garnish with a cinnamon stick or a lemon twist