This easy Blueberry & Black Currant cocktail is simple to make and full of flavor. Fresh blueberry jam, tea-based simple syrup, lemon juice, and a frothy egg white make these cocktails perfect for summer entertaining!
Ingredient Breakdown
Lemon Juice
Freshly squeezed lemon juice is key! Prefer the bottled juice? I would highly advise taste testing bottled lemon juice next to freshly squeezed. The difference is sure to shock your taste buds!
Freshly squeezed lemon juice is more naturally acidic, bright, and flavorful. When there are so few ingredients incorporated into a recipe, I always feel that the quality of those ingredients is absolutely essential.
Tea Based Simple Syrup
To mix things up, I decided to create a tea-based simple syrup to add to my cocktail. To create this infusion, you’ll want to allow your hot simple syrup to infuse with the tea of your preference for half an hour as the simple syrup. Then, strain the simple syrup into a container in order to remove the tea leaves and you’re done! It’s such a great way to add a burst of flavor to your cocktails.
Blueberry Jam
For an additional touch of sweetener, I added some Blueberry jam into this cocktail! This creates a fresh and fruity kick that also plays with the color of the cocktail, leading to the purple hue you see pictured below!
Gin
Gin is usually made from a base of grain, such as wheat or barley, which is first fermented and then distilled! A variety of ingredients are then added to the alcohol such as juniper berries and other herbs, plants, and spices for a period of time. At the end of this process, you have gin!
I have to say, Gin may be my very favorite alcohol as of late! Sometimes Rye or Bourbon wins over Gin in the Fall and Winter but in the summer? Gin wins every time.
Only a few simple steps to make…
- In a shaker, combine all ingredients and shake without ice for 30 seconds.
- Then, add ice and shake for an additional 30 seconds.
- Strain into a glass getting rid of the broken ice chips and serve your Blueberry & Black Currant Cocktail!
Helpful Equipment for making a Blueberry & Black Currant Cocktail
Blueberry & Black Currant Cocktail
Equipment
- Saucepan
- Spatula
- Air Tight Container
- Cocktail Shaker or Container with Lid
- Glass for serving
Ingredients
Blueberry & Black Currant Tea Simple Syrup
- 1 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Cup Water
- 3 Tbsp Blueberry & Black Currant Loose Leaf Tea, or tea of your choice
Blueberry & Black Currant Cocktail
- 1 oz Blueberry & Black Currant Tea Simple Syrup
- 1/2 tsp Blueberry Jam
- 2 oz Gin, (I used Empress Gin – thus the purple hue)
- 1 oz Lemon Juice
- 1 Egg White
- Ice
Instructions
Blueberry & Black Currant Tea Simple Syrup
- Pour your measured water and sugar into a saucepan and heat on the stove at medium heat.
- Cook, stirring the mixture until your sugar has completely dissolved.
- Add tea leaves and continue heating for 30 seconds before removing from heat and allow syrup to infuse for half an hour as the simple syrup cools completely.
- Strain syrup into an airtight container and store in the fridge until you're ready to use.
Blueberry & Black Currant Cocktail
- In a shaker, combine all ingredients and shake without ice for 30 seconds.
- Then, add ice and shake for an additional 30 seconds.
- Strain into a glass getting rid of the broken ice chips and serve!
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