This is my first time participating in an MxMo event but I've followed many of them and I hope it won't be my last time joining in. This month's round is brought to us by Doug Winship at the Pegu blog and the theme is tiki.
"Cracking Jenny's teacup" is said to be pirate-speak for a night spent in a house of ill repute. True or not, it's easy to imagine it being tossed about on the boat after a night ashore... so I went with it. This is my first serious attempt at creating a drink so I hope I haven't angered the tiki gods or (perhaps worse) the tiki faithful. I suspect the tea aspect may be taking liberties so toss me in the volcano bowl to appease them if necessary.
Crackin' Jenny's Teacup
1 oz Kraken Black Spiced rum
1 oz Appleton Estate Extra rum
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 oz tea syrup (1:1 strong black tea and sugar)
1/2 oz pineapple juice
1/4 oz ginger syrup (1:1 syrup infused with fresh ginger)
1 dash roasted pineapple bitters
1 dash chai tea bitters
Shake with ice, strain over crushed ice.
The roasted pineapple and chai tea bitters are from the Canadian company House Made. A cottage business and I don't know if they're interested in growing larger but the bitters are really nice. I used them mainly to reinforce the pineapple and tea in the drink and to enhance the spice notes from the Kraken. Also, as is evident in the picture, I have a lot to learn about garnish but I had fun and enjoyed the result.
Anyway, if you try it, or even if you don't, let me know what you think. I have a lot to learn about creating drinks and feedback from those who know what they're doing is one of the best tools I can think of for helping with that.
1 comment:
I like the garnish.
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