When a weary traveller arrives at his destination a few minutes shy of 6pm, it presents a dilemma for the welcoming host: what to offer – tea or a cocktail? Even when the guest is given the choice, it can be hard to decide between the two: really, you think, I want both.
The tea cocktail goes some way to resolving this dilemma. Tea may not be a common bartending staple (perhaps the best known tea cocktail, the Long Island iced tea, doesn’t actually count, because it has no tea in it) but it brings with it a smoky, aromatic complexity you won’t easily find elsewhere.
