Made in collaboration with Emilie at Good & Proper Tea.
During the past decade of my work in the coffee industry I have had the pleasure of meeting some of the most amazing and creative people out there.
It was pretty logical for me to reach out to Emilie, Founder of Good & Proper Tea to work together on a tasty cocktail for Christmas & World Tea Day. And this is how we came up with this Rooibos & Orange Sour.
A little bit of history on how I got to meet the people behind Good & Proper first.
Emilie and I go way back. We met for the first time when I was a wee barista at my job, and Good & Proper had their 1974 converted van stationed outside Kings Cross. I used to pop there for tea – and delicious crumpets – over my lunch break and later down the line we worked together closely on other projects.
I was always in love with their teas and ethos and, as I am terrible with cocktails from scratch guys, I had to reach out to them for some boozy help.
This Rooibos & Orange Sour is the perfect drink to sip together with the (small) amount of family we can see the year. We wanted to bring warmth and festive flavours, without overpowering the taste of the Rooibos tea!
Without further ado, here is the recipe for this tasty cocktail:
Rooibos & Orange Sour
Ingredients
- 100ml of Rooibos Concentrate
- 100ml of Chase Marmalade Vodka
- 50ml of lemon Juice
- 50ml of Egg Whites
- Ice
- Some thyme for garnish
For Rooibos Tea Concentrate
- 6g of G&P Rooibos Loose Leaf Tea
- 100ml of boiling filtered water
Instructions
Start by preparing your Rooibos tea concentrate by brewing 6g (3 heaped teaspoons) with 100ml boiling water for 5 minutes, then strain.
Put all your other ingredients but the ice in a shaker, and dry shake to combine all the flavours for about 30 seconds.
Once shaken, add plenty of ice and shake vigorously, until the outside of the shaker is ice-cold.
Distribute the drink with the help of a cocktail strainer between two rock glasses with a little ice and garnish each with a sprig of thyme.
Sit back and Enjoy!
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Which one is your favourite Christmas cocktail? Let us know in the comments!
Sounds deelish! Will try it!
Thank you Claudia! Let us know when you do, we would like to know your thoughts! X
Wow this sounds delicious! I love Rooibos tea and never thought of as an ingredient in a cocktail! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Jodie! It is very delicious:)
This recipe caught my eye immediately because Rooibos is from South Africa (where I live). We can go on and on about how it’s so special (no caffeine and plenty of antioxidants). It looks like a great recipe, I’ll have to try it 🙂
All the best, Michelle (michellesclutterbox.com)
Thank you for the sweet words Michelle! We love a good Rooibos here, so this cocktail was the perfect fit. Let us know your thoughts after, and thank you for reading us all the way from SA. 🙂
This sounds like such an interesting drink. I don’t think I’ve ever tried anything close to the flavours mixed together in this! x
I didn’t either! I never drank cocktails with an egg white in but it was delicious!
I’ve never tried a Christmas cocktail before but this sounds delicious. I could definitely drink a couple of these over the festive season.
This was absolutely delicious! I have also created a Christmas Negroni that’s coming out on Christmas Eve, if you need any other ideas! Xx
This looks an absolutely gorgeous Christmas cocktail! I love Rooibos tea and haven’t seen anything like this before to use it. I no longer drink alcohol, but I am sure it would be so easy to substitute the vodka. I hope you are all getting into the festive spirit 🙂
Helen x
Thank you so much for the sweet comment Helen! If you want to look at a substitute for vodka, have a look at https://seedlipdrinks.com/uk . I used them in the past, and they are great! They are at most supermarkets, so easy to find! Xx
Hola,
What an excellent article. I’m going try it out.
Adriana
Thank you Adriana, let us know what you think!
Great collaboration and the cocktail looks very good. Great work!
Thank you Fransic!