Herbal Tea and Vodka Infusion : Easy Peasy And YUM!
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Infusions are a great way to stock out our cabinet. Today I am making a super fast herbal tea infusion.
The cool thing is you can make these with vodka or everclear. So even if distilling is illegal where you live you can get in on the action!
when you made the hibiscus infused vodka, you inspired me to make some raspberry tea Rum and peppermint tea Rum which was AMAZING after 24hours, i just added 1 tablespoon of golden syrup with 250ml of my "un-labled" Rum per tea bag and you done! :) thank you man, your channel is legendary!
+Dan Barber ah nice man!! Wait...wow...so peperment tea rum????
Yeah, i made it mainly for making mint+choc shots for Christmas but ended up drinking it on its own, i used a 2-1 ratio of Billingtons molasses (uk) & granulated sugar and its turned out to be a really clean white rum....on my third attempt anyway haha! the tails can be umm....quite strong lol
+Dan Barber mint white rum......that sounds awesome!
Remind me of this when I get around to making rum!! I will need to try this for sure.
Im a novice (12 months) and been having LOTS of fun trying lots of spices and kitchen ingredients, in a 40% white spirit.
Things tried are, cinnamon stick, whole freshly crushed, whole cardamon, dried mandarin peel, dried dates-(thats was gluggy!!!) dried thyme, freshly grated mace (incredible!!!) chopped muscatels (AMAZING!!!), dried and crushed juniper berries...the list goes on and on......stacks of tiny jars, with crap in!!! (labeled with dates, quantities, of course). Herbal teas like chamomile, and natural liquorice flavours have been great. (The latter makes a mean Sambuca liqueur) My aim was to make as many various liqueurs as possible-my shelf is chocka block with drinkable cocktail varieties that are copies of, or just plain off the wall originals- like a spirit based lime/mint mojito mix!!!!
I love your videos. they have a happy richness that is honest and real. keep recording your experiences!!!!
+Jessica Barclay that's awesome! I have been a bit slack on the infusions experemental stuff!
Glad you like them :)
+Jessica Barclay wow somehow I missed the mojito mix thing the first time I read this!! That's freaking cool hahaha
Still It....when there's a glut of fresh fruit, I make an infusion. Only one item per jar. Then I use them in blends, jams, cocktails or as a weird liqueur. Super fun!!!! Herbal tinctures too-cos I'm a naturopath. (Made to a proper recipe 1:1 blah blah blah)
+Jessica Barclay very cool! Bet cocktail night rocks at your house! Haha
Will have to give this a try! I made a fruit infusion with store bought vodka through the fall and the resulting liqueur is so tasty!
I've got a favourite gingerbread spice tea that I added to a mulled apple cider at Christmas, and I bet it would make a tasty infusion. Very cool! Thanks!
+Canadian Whisky Smith oh man, yeah I bet that would be great!
Perfect after dinner tipple over the holidays!
Been doing this for years the twinings range works best 3 bags per 700 ml
Im making smokey lapsang tea infused Jack daniels no7 , it actually works! Two hours and u have smoke, continued with oak and finished with lovely bbq sauce flavor
Huh, well that sounds like fun!
It did not survive a night though, it just became dead jack with tea:(
I fell in love with infused Lavender chamomile tea beg and whiskey. Lord!!!!💕💕💕
Yes, this is a fun idea! I use bulk herbs too and infuse in the sun on a sunny day, also good for wine too :)
+donna sparkle nice man, hadn't really thought of wine. That could be interesting.
Yes jesse, i have used camimille tea in my rum cooks. By vapour infusine so far and it,worked good.
I know I'm late. But look into Nelson's tea "really root beer" tea. It is root beer without the sugar. Might make a great infusion or flavor to add to a thumper.
I infused an organic vodka with cinnamon Apple spice tea by celestial seasonings. 750ml, 6 tea bags in a 64oz Mason jar, about 8-10 hours. Came out really good.
Cool idea! Can't wait to try this
+Erik Preston yeah I was really happy with the way it turned out
Thats awesome! I'm gonna have to buy a bottle of vodka and try different infusions now, hahaha. So glad you shared this stuff!
+waves2loser it's fun all right!!
Years ago I took some lemon ice tea and added extra sugar and fermented it into a hard ice tea of sorts.
+Thomas edwin ah nice that's cool. How did it turn out?
Thomas edwin sweet Hay just got out of surgery hurt see ya guts later if not sooner..removed mesh titanium from behindvvwnf under me ryr
Still It; It turned out ok it was about 10 % ABV and like ice tea flavored malt liquor.
+Thomas edwin nice!
Take a liter of you favourite high proof liquor.
Go into your garden and collect some rosemary sage and mint.
Fill a jar with your fresh herbs. Add for each liter a teaspoon of sugar.
Pour liquor in until all the herbs are submerged.
Plastic bag and then close it off.
Shake every couple days. And let it sit for a month or longer.
Enjoy😊
Nice will have to try it that way..I've hung the tea bag in the thumper and add flavor that way ..that way stays clear..3 Rd round on me sour mash that let sour 24 hrs ..got to say it's not bad and did 50/50 water back sets...was slow the first two days but ready day 7. Got to make a beer that way some day..Hear it ups the proof. Rye in a few weeks missed with sweet feed..can't wait lol..
+derrick johnston now theres a interesting idea!
Awesome man, glad it's working for you.
That's almost what I've been doing for Years ( roughly 13+15years. A family thing I've done for awhile. Either it's Grog; tea+spices+ spirits+suger. or Hard Grog ; Spirits+Tea bags+ sweetener+spices.
Yeah buddy tea bags are a great fix. I cooked off some vodka with Earl Grey and raisins. tastes lovely.
+Gregory Patmore ah nice that's a cool idea dude!
i like to make a strong tea infusion and make some lemonade "Vodka" then combine the two in equal parts.
Yep another great vid.
+Nuntius01 cheers mate
Really neat experiment that I have add to my list of stuff to try. Have you thought about doing a fresh fruit infusion for a liqueur? Cyco was talking about it on r/Firewater.
+Bearded & Bored yup yup! I definitely want to do that. I have my eyes set on blueberry season......
a Simple Syrup really makes these infusions pop, there is plenty of information on this out there, it's rather big in the states. - scottbro
+pounsfos I was lazy.....I had the honey syrup there...
Although I actually have not put the honey in yet. I could do that instead
Note you will get better results if you steep in hot water for 15 to 30 secconds first to hydrate the tea and dont leave too long!
Maybe you can add rock sugar during the infusing period like umeshu
could be the tannings in the teabags i wouldnt leave the bagsin for too long
I'd say avoid tea with caffeine, green tea, black tea etc. I used cinnamon apple spice, celestial seasonings.
Any idea which healtheries tea this one actually was? Or what the ingredients were? Just trying healtheries Sleep Chamomile and Passionflower and getting green definitely not the nice pink your seeing. The red green teas seem to be Rose, strawberry, raspberry and maybe blueberry green teas, or maybe tropical. What is your best guess?
+dmoorhou hmmmm. I guess the lable that was on the tea bag didnt actually say the type of tea.
Seemed like a berry flavour to me man. Could be blueberry.
Love that bro! This is definitely something I’m gonna try pall! Has you know I’ll cut it with Maple syrup 😜!
+1FrenchConnection1 Jesus mate. You act like that stuff grows on trees 😂🤣😂. But really, wish I could use it here for stuff like that. But no $$$$!
Still It I’ll look in to it for you bro if I can ship it to you it’s dirt cheap for us over here!
+1FrenchConnection1 hell yes!!!! Then I will need a few ideas on the best way to use it ;)
Still It... “Sortilège” was born in my province Quebec/Country! Gold colour; Whiskey, maple, toffee and caramel aromas; sweet, rich maple syrup and toffee flavours. Worthy but bad for hangovers because of it sweetness 😜!
+1FrenchConnection1 so it's basically a whisky and maple concoction?
Like your version of Drambuie?
Healtheries Sleep Tea with Blackcurrant is this it?
how to store it afterwards? Do u have to refrigerate it?
Does the top of it oxidize like tea does if you forget about it to long? I've been wanting to try this with tea and coffee.
hmm, it is definitely not the same as it was fresh. But it is still pretty good.
Could be really interesting using gin
Great stuff, what is the ratio of teabag per measure of spirit?
+glenncol 2 tea bags to 500ml is what I used here
Cheers dude, as usual great video, look forward to more
+glenncol sweet. Thanks man. Hope it works for you.
I find 2 bags per litre of alcohol you want to make a good rule - scottbro
Have you tried sweetening with inverted sugar?
You know what dude, I have not used inverted for anything since I started distilling. I used it a bit brewing. Not a bad idea though!!!!
So how many days did it end up being?
+dmoorhou ahhhh crap. Did I not say that in the video? Sorry man! I think it was 2-3 days.
It happened pretty quick. Would advise doing it by taste not time.
You need star brights candy...a fu bag
You selling by the pound?