THIS is our cup of Tea... The Earl Grey MarTEAni
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- I won't lie. I tend to roll my eyes at calling a drink like this a Martini. It just does a lot to confuse what a Martini is and then when I am behind a bar and someone orders a Martini and I give it to them and then they spit it all over the bar in disgust and yell "This doesn't taste like Lychee!!!! Don't you have any flavors?????" Really sticks in my craw! Is that very pedantic of me? Yeah maybe. Is it maybe even a bit arrogant, yeah I guess it could be seen that way.
Real talk though, this drink is a delight that everyone should mix. And of course I gotta give it a pass because the name is Cheeky and tells you exactly what you can expect when you take your first sip. Much like revolutionary Cinema of yesteryear, you really have to be able to see this drink in the context of it's time to really appreciate what it is. When this drink was invented Tea, Gin and Egg Whites were seldom if ever used in cocktails and seeing this on a menu was a mind blowing experience for drinkers of that time. It's a testament to creations like this that these style drinks are now a fixture on most cocktail menus the world over and It's a testament to the influence, brilliance, creativity and forward-thinking-ness of it's maker. No wonder Audrey Saunders is so well known and loved in this industry.
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00:00 Teaser
00:17 Intro
00:30 Open
00:39 Earl Grey MarTEAni
00:56 Tutorial
03:54 Tasting Notes
05:00 History
06:17 Recipe
06:25 Outro
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Recipe
1.5oz (45ml) Earl Grey Infused Gin
1oz (30ml) Simple Syrup
.75oz (20ml) Lemon Juice
1 Egg White
To make Earl Grey Gin combine 2 tbsp Loose Leaf Earl Grey Tea into 375ml Gin of your choice and allow to infuse for 2 hours. - Навчання та стиль
2oz spirtit, 1oz simple/rich simple, 0.75oz citrus is honestly my standard sour spec. Its much more session-able. Your tongue/stomach lining dont turn raw quite as fast and although I like the more sour spec just fine, the sweeter spec is by far the crowd pleaser I have found and it just makes things easier when mixing drinks at a party to have 1 spec that everyone is down with.
My "signature" drink that I do at parties sometimes though is actually 2oz milk washed, green tea infused gin, 0.75 oz citrus and 0.75 oz honey syrup (2 to 1). Does not taste like a sour at all but instead very honey lemon tea forward. And because I'm milk washing the gin I just steep the green tea in overnight. It started out as simply wanting to make a milk washed, green tea flavored bees knees but i found when I adjusted the spec to follow the ratio of Dave Arnold's TeaTime (black tea infused vodka) it just worked so well and everyone loved it.
Loose Leaf tea is almost always higher quality than bag teas (but can often be less expensive since you're not buying the bags/packaging and can go bulk). Tea in bags is yes usually ground up to be finer so it infuses faster. A good black tea steeped in boiling water is usually done in 5 min of steeping, people who are drinking bag teas on the other hand are usually only doing 2-3 min steeping so by grinding it up more water can contact the tea and decrease the infusion time some (this isn't a direct correlation since the bag also prevents water from circulating around the tea as well so it's complicated.
Yup. Also worth remembering that tea bags are quite literally filled with the dust that falls to the floor of the factory as they're processing the actual good tea leaves.
@@jordanfield111 yup, I was trying to be nice about the "fannings" as I believe their called. Mostly because bag tea quality can vary wildly between companies. I always encourage my friends/coworkers who like tea to switch to loose leaf with a decent infuser. The difference is massive.
@@g0mikese Absolutely. And then you might end up going to the extreme degree like me who now regularly brews raw puerh gongfu style... but loose leaf should be the minimum if you ask me!
@@jordanfield111 I haven't ventured down that rabbit hole.... yet. Feel free to send me links for resources though :)
@@g0mikese ua-cam.com/users/MeiLeaf
Excellent resource for extremely nerdy tea content. They are also a seller, and I've been quite happy with the teas I've bought, though they're certainly pricey. The salesmanship isn't too intrusive for me though and it's not snake oil as far as I'm concerned.
Defenetly going to be one of the fall cocktails! How long does the infused gin stay good in the bottle? Fantastic work
This has been, hands down, my top favorite cocktail ever since @HowtoDrink introduced it on his channel! It’s so tasty and easy to keep the ingredients on hand! I sometimes add a little lavender in it as well. Thanks for showing of this drink as well!
Also worth noting that I use non-tempered ice from those big rubber molds that make large cubes and with a good hard shake you can break the ice down so you can get quicker dilution without having to use a cheater cube.
I think using bergamot juice would've added a more unique flavor, as earl grey is flavored with it.
I love Earl Grey tea, and this was my first infused gin tryout. My wife loves it. I changed the simple for honey syrup and I like to add more lemon juice. In that way it's really like version of Earl grey tea with honey and lemon. My favorite.
WOW!!! This looks so tasty!!! That infusion sounds interesting!! Ive got to try that!!! CHEERS!!!!
One of my favourite cocktails :D! I think the recipe from Audrey that i found calls for the lemon twist as well as either a full or 1/2 sugar rim (optional).
This cocktail is what got me into home bartending at the beginning of the pandemic, absolutely delicious and well balances.
No way. I literally just made one of these like a few hours ago. Probably one of my current favorite Gin drinks
We will definitely be trying this at our house this weekend.
I will have to try this out! I am a big fan of a gin and Tonic made with Earl Grey infused London dry gin.
I have also found that using good quality tea and not steeping too long is very important
As soon as I'm back home from training I think I'll give it a try. It sounds interesting.
LOVE Earl Gray. I've seen Earl Gray syrup I will ty this on the weekend using old tom gin, YUM. Thank you,
This is brilliant!
Jolly good!
Interesting to infuse the gin rather than the simple syrup - I find infusing the simple to be the less expensive and more adaptable approach.
Maybe you should try a taste test where you infuse the spirit versus infusing the syrup in a few cocktails. Would be interesting to see if the infusion liquid makes a noticeable difference in the same drink!
love to see this done as well. Great suggestion!
Yes! I was also wondering how the flavor differs between earl gray gin and earl grey simple.
Alcohol is a stronger solvent than water, so it will extract slightly different flavors from the same material. Of course, you can and should scale down the infused gin. I would never use a whole bottle of gin for an infusion if I only had 1 recipe to use it on.
It all depends on what flavor profile you want. 60ml of infused gin will taste way stronger than 20ml of infused simple. I usually go 1g of tea or flower for every 30ml of spirit, then you can have several infused spirits for different a recipes without just putting whole bottles into it.
The bar in my hometown doesn't use eggwhite for a reason unbeknownst to me, but I think they're trying to focus on the citric flavor profile, so you taste more of the bergamot and lemon in this drink, while the tannins balance out the sweetness of these ingredients. It's really great imo.
OH man this is one of my favorite drinks, it is just so delicious. Really need to make another batch of Earl Grey Gin! Top of the day to you Sir!
I agree past Chris. This is a good drink! I think I will make one this weekend! Cheers
I like using a honey simple syrup and adding lavender bitters. Ill need to try steeping the gin less, but even if you steep overnight, the drink is delicious!
Yessss! The Deamon Reaver!
Yes! Lovely callback.
Does the recipe from your other video on this still hold true then? Mine may be over-extracted based on using that other video?
Oohh man I have a box of Earl Grey and Lady Grey right at home but how many teas bags would I need to make a Earl Grey infused gin?
I just got an order of loose leaf Earl Grey Supreme from Harney & Sons. I know what I will be doing this weekend. 😊
Its Perfect for Tea Time!!
Do you think this would benefit from adding Italicus since it's a bergamot and rose liqueur?
Try it! And let me know what you find :)
The thumbnail game has been so on point lately that I always think I'm clicking a Kevin Kos video.
What are your thoughts on fresh squeezing lemon/lime as opposed to using Natalie's lemon/lime?
Always. Fresh. Squeezed
"Late-ahh" - now that's your Boston accent wanting to come out
i will make these in my Bar in Berlin tonight! (Emmapea) I use Earl Green (lots of Bergamot oil on green tea) and Sencha to infuse the Gin. Do you think it will work or does the drink depend on the black tea aromas more than the bergamot?
Those will work but I will say that the bitterness in black tea gives this a quality that is pretty great. I’d make a little with black tea too just to taste it. It’s possible that the Earl green might get lost in the other flavors if it’s more delicate. But I haven’t tried it so, maybe not?
@@TheEducatedBarfly Ok. I used A LOT of green tea (1tsp on 100ml London dry gin).. maybe i 'll add more just to be safe the taste comes through. 🤔
After 1 hour it tastes like tea and bergamot already... seems to be on a good path.
Love this drink and the accents tbh
Hi, does anyone know how much a tablespoon of tea weights in grams ? thanks !
I go slightly insane with flavoured gin martinis but this one does sound delicious! I love good quality Earl Grey loose tea and I really want to try the flavour of the tea with a lovely gin. Do you have a preference for what a good gin would be for this cocktail? I was going to go with The Botanist because it is a favourite but I am wondering if the botanicals are best for this flavoured martini? Any thoughts?! I am looking forward to doing the infusion of the Earl Grey tea!! Thanks so much!! :-)
This’ll work with a lot of different gins. I think though that less botanical, more citrus rocks but it’ll work Gins like the Botanist as well :) your choice! Let me know how it works out!
@@TheEducatedBarfly Thank you!! :-) I will go for Plymouth gin which I have right here! Sounds like citrus forward will work best!! I can't wait to try this lovely cocktail!!
@@TheEducatedBarfly I made this fabulous cocktail this evening (Saturday) for my husband and for me and a couple of friends and we all absolutely loved it!! I enjoyed infusing the gin! That was fun! The flavour of earl grey loose tea goes so well with Plymouth Gin! It was a perfect gin to use! Huge hit!! Thanks for the amazing video!! I love learning to make new cocktails!! Cheers!!
I feel like you could make this with earl grey syrup in stead? That should work right?
Ummm yeah probably. But it’ll be less bitter/Tannic so you’ll been to adjust the sugar/lemon ratio
Laughed out loud at lemon....tea.
I just make it ! It’s great !
I agree with the notes in that calling this a Martini doesn't make sense. A martini is gin and (dry) vermouth, a martini variation can substitute one, maybe two if you're generous, of those ingredients and still be called a martini, but this drink looks more like a gin sour variation than anything
I mean it's obviously only named like that for the marteani "joke". There are so many drinks called anything-martini that don't make sense. Even good ones, like the espresso martini.
Salud!
Cheers!
Leandro turned into Marius for those tasting notes.
Looks great guys. I am KNOWN to like Earl Grey.............
What bottles do you use to infuse? Id like to order the same ones
they're from Crew Supply Company bit.ly/3w6qDYR they have a great sale going right now!
@@TheEducatedBarfly ordered! Thanks man!
Is there a particular gin that pairs well with the tea?
Most any Gin will work but London Dry Style is what it was made for such as Beefeater, Tanqueray etc
YOU CALLED YOURSELF DEMON REAVER!!!! THATS WHAT I CALLED YOU IN A COMMENT AGES AGO HAHAHA!!!
That's a gorgeous looking drink btw!
Marius level tasting notes there.
Is there a particular benefit to infusing the tea into the gin rather than simply into the syrup?
Not sure but sounds like fun to test this out! Maybe we’ll do that on Freepour and see what we find :)
Try making it with triple syrup, you won’t regret it :)
what's that garnish at the end shot? did i miss something?
Just some loose leaf earl grey tea, it's very optional :)
Tried looking for those internal weighted tins but no luck 😢
Do we heat the gin to infuse the tea?
Just room temperature will be fine
I made this at my club but instead of Simple I used a barspoon of Marmalade. My idea was to combine the Earl Grey Martini with the Breakfast Martini and call it the English Breakfast.
Nice one!
Nothing I hate more in cocktails than calling random stuff martini.
technically it's a marteani
Bourbon and Tea is amazing. I'm not saying I won't try this, I just don't see how it has a chance :P
Salud🍻🇲🇽
The Demon Reaver is back!
The moment you're sitting on the toilet and realise you don't have whiskey.
Make a gin sour, call it a martini.
All those times you mocked Marius for not being able to describe well enough the tasting notes of cocktails, and now look at you, Leandro, how the turns have tabled! Lmao
It’s not the prettiest cocktail, but served in a dark bar, that would not be a big deal. It does sound delicious.
Branching out into gentlemen’s hats and moustache grooming, I see! 🍋🍸 🍵 🫖 Diversified portfolio!
Haven’t watched in a while... the show got weirder but leandros fingers are still reliably mangled
Can’t wait to try this one!
Anyone tried it with Aquafaba?
Yep works great
The tea in tea bags are crushed
You have to do a an episode with with MikeMGTV lol.
Dear sir
Gin infused with early gray tea
Lemon juice
Simple syrup
wy not call tea sour
the name pun wouldn't work
Where did those bottles come from. The bottle you have the gin in.
they're from Crew Supply Co bit.ly/3E9dQba use BARFLY for 10% off :)
**Insert weird comment that he reads on the next ep**
How come when you crack and egg on the counter it’s perfect but when I do it I completely obliterate it Shell, yolk and all during busy service
don't smash it on the counter, you just want to give it smack that creates a crack and then you split it open
@@TheEducatedBarfly lol cheers, it was pretty funny tho. Maybe too much Jameson and fernet idk
Oh no… I’ve made this before going off another video. I steeped 5 tablespoons of tea leaves in a fifth of Tanqueray for like 2 whole days. 🤦🏻♂️
Certainly will do a riff on this (I do not like Earl Grey Tea).
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Why are we on about alligator sex?