This New Year’s Eve your hottest accessory could very well be a cool cocktail. Just holding a fancy glass filled with a ruby-colored beverage can make you feel a little glam! Here’s a link to some yummy drinks made with Bigelow Tea for the over-21 crowd, and below is an especially festive one! It features tart and tasty pomegranate, a posh fruit indeed. So channel your inner mixologist and make one for your friends tonight! (Facebook friend @KarleySimms might want to give it a try since she tells us she “loves poms!”) Enjoy!
Pomegranate Bellini Mar-TEA-ni
Ingredients:
6 Bigelow® Pomegranate Pizzazz Herbal Tea Bags
1 ¼ cups (310mL) boiling water
4 ounces vodka
¼ cup (60mL) fresh orange juice
Pomegranate seeds if available
Instructions:
Place Bigelow® Pomegranate Pizzazz Herbal tea bags into a measuring cup and add 1¼ cups boiling water. Let brew for 3 minutes. Remove tea bags.
Allow to cool, then chill. To chill place tea concentrate in the freezer for 30-45 minutes.
To make a martini, take two ounces of the cooled tea and mix it with 1 tablespoon of orange juice and one ounce of the vodka.
Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with pomegranate seeds.
NOTE: If a sweeter Mar-TEA-ni is desired, add ¼ ounce (½ tablespoon) of orange flavored liquor (Triple Sec, Grand Mariner, or Cointreau) to each drink.