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Teabag Vodka: Lapsang Souchong

How to infuse Lapsang Souchong's distinctive flavour into vodka.

Zë Au Sol

23 Mar 2021 — 1 min read

I want to get this out of the way first: I don't think there's a way of saying 'oh I'd like a cup of Lapsang Souchong' without sounding either pretentious, or up one's own arse. I'm at peace with that: it's a delicious black tea, smoked over pine.

Ingredients

325ml of vodka
Lapsang Souchong (say it with me) tea bag

Recipe

Start with room-temperature vodka, and leave the tea bag in for about 24h.
Remove tea bag.

The result is a pleasantly smokey vodka, with a supporting flavour of black tea.

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