Earl Grey Gin Sour

teas.co.uk · 8 min · Serves 1

You'll need

• 2 tea bags of Dilmah Earl Grey
• 100ml freshly drawn water at 100C, just off the boil
• 40ml dry London gin (or 40ml chilled tonic water for alcohol free)
• 20ml fresh lemon juice
• 15ml light agave syrup
• 1 thin lemon twist, peeled with a vegetable peeler
• 1 250ml coupe glass, chilled in the freezer for ten minutes
• 1 cocktail shaker with cubed ice
• 1 saucer for covering during steep

Method

1. Chill a coupe in the freezer.
2. Steep two tea bags in 100ml of freshly boiled water for four minutes, then lift them out and cool the brew.
3. Tip the cooled tea, the gin, lemon juice and agave into a shaker filled with ice.
4. Shake hard for about ten seconds, then strain into the chilled coupe.
5. Twist a strip of lemon peel over the glass to release the oils, then drop it in.
6. For an alcohol free version, leave the gin out and lengthen with chilled tonic water instead.

Recipe: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/cocktails/earl grey gin sour/