High-SocieTea
"Where the Art and Elegance of Taking Tea is Treasured"
Electrified Egg Nog It must be the holidays when mugs filled with egg nog are put out on the table. Your guests will really have something to celebrate when they drink this egg nog flavored with apple brandy and rum. 6 eggs
"Laudable Libations"
Everyone loves the event known as "Afternoon Tea," but not everyone loves tea itself. So, here are some ideas for a variety of drinks to serve your adult friends and family during this festive season, in addition to tea, that will get them in the holiday spirit.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs well. Slowly add the boiling water to the eggs, stirring constantly.
3 pints boiling water
1 quart milk
3 cups apple brandy
1 fifth light rum
Splenda sugar substitute
Garnish
Grated nutmeg
10 Cinnamon sticks
Carefully pour the mixture into a large pitcher.
Add the milk and apple brandy. Stir the mixture together and taste it for sweetness. Add a little Splenda at this point to sweeten to taste.
Add the rum and mix well.
To serve, pour into individual mugs and garnish with a little freshly grated nutmeg and a cinnamon stick. Makes 10 servings.
Contented Cocoa
Nothing says the holidays like a piping hot mug of decadent cocoa. This recipe takes that decadence to a new level with Southern Comfort Whiskey. 3 tablespoons unsweetened In a small bowl, blend together the cocoa powder and sugar. Wonderstruck Canuck For a real crowd pleaser, cook up a vat full of this hot apple cider made with tea, ginger ale and Canadian Mist whiskey. 1 bottle Canadian Mist In a large kettle on the stove top, mix together all of the ingredients. Bring the heat up to medium-high, and heat to steaming but not boiling.
cocoa powder
1/4 cup sugar
4 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Southern Comfort whiskey
Garnish
Whipped cream
Chocolate shavings
In a medium saucepan, heat the milk to scalding. Mix ½ cup of the hot milk into the cocoa mixture. Pour the cocoa mixture into the hot milk in the saucepan. Stir to blend well.
Pour the hot cocoa mixture into a mug and add 1-1/2 oz. Southern Comfort. Mix well and top with a dollop of whipped cream and some chocolate shavings.
1 gallon apple cider
6 cups ginger ale
4 cups strongly brewed tea
6 cinnamon sticks
5 oranges, sliced and
studded with cloves
Serve warm from a pitcher or a punch bowl.
Makes 45 servings.
Yum, Yum Rum
When the winds are howling outside, and snow is falling in dinner plate-sized flakes, that’s the time to whip up a batch of Hot Buttered Rum to warm you down to your bones.
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1-1/2 oz. Jamaican rum |
In a saucepan over medium heat, warm the rum, water and sugar until almost boiling.
Pour into a mug, and add the butter, nutmeg and vanilla. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and serve when the butter has melted.
