Dry January 2024 – Storm in a Teacup
A few years back, I would not have believed that there is a big market for non-alcoholic ‘spirits’. Yet, now you can find a great variety out there. However, I asked myself if you could come up with something similar at home. You can find the results and a delicious no-ABV drink below.
First, I absolutely know that the best you can come up with at home is flavoured water. Nevertheless, I wanted to make a non-alcoholic ‘rum’. Therefore, I combined banana chips, cacao nibs, cinnamon and cloves with hot water. For a bit of a ‘punch’ I also threw in some chili flakes. I let the mixture rest for one hour and filtered it afterwards.
Rooibos, passionfruit and spices
For a drink using the aromatic water, I went with a ‘virgin’ Hurricane variation. I combined fruity, green rooibos tea with the flavoured water, lime and homemade passionfruit syrup. Obviously, I had to serve the drink in a cup, because of its name.
3 cl Cold Samova Fruity Rooty Tea
3 cl Lime Juice
3 cl Homemade Passionfruit Syrup
Garnish: Dried Orange Wheel;
Song: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Storm in a Teacup;
The ‘Storm in a Teacup’ starts with a combination of lime and passionfruit. Afterwards, the ‘botanicals’ from the tea and the flavoured water show threw. The drink really needed a bit of extra passionfruit syrup to balance the amount of water in the recipe and to enhance the other flavours as well.
