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Matcha Honey Simple Syrup

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Matcha Honey Simple Syrup

Ah matcha, the Japanese green tea powder that was once reserved for sacred and special occasions. Now every food and mommy blogger from here (wherever "here" is for you) to Tokyo has bastardized this once special ingredient. Mixing it into everything from cupcakes to dog treats. So I decided to jump on this bandwagon of cultural appropriation through food and make my own matcha recipe. 

I'm all for exploring other cultures through food and regional ingredients, but this matcha thing has gone too far people. We get it, you enjoy mixing some into your kale and unhappiness smoothies every morning, but that doesn't mean you get to put it in everything. Once the TODAY show highlights an ingredient, it's no longer relevant to food culture, the ingredient has reached maximum cultural saturation. 

"But Brian! If you're so upset with so many people using matcha like goddam vanilla extract why are you making something with it?" Because, it gave me excuse to act like a typical blogger and use matcha as a vehicle to be upset at a bunch of people who technically did nothing wrong. 

Matcha Honey Simple Syrup

  • 2 teaspoons Matcha
  • 1/2 cup Artisan Water (nah just kidding cold tap water is fine)
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Honey
  1. Add all the ingredients to medium sized sauce pan.
  2. Bring to a boil while stirring occasionally. 
  3. Take off heat, and let cool. Store in an airtight container. 
  4. Mix into a cocktail of your choosing or making of your choice (I can't come up with all the ideas here). Enjoy!

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Bumble Bee Sting Cocktail

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Bumble Bee Sting Cocktail

It's summer once again, which means heat waves and drinking enough to forget how hot it is. The perfect summer drink, if you ask any retiree, would be the Arnold Palmer. Except the Arnold Palmer doesn't have any booze in it, but there's a simple solution to that. 

Tea infused Vodka is the answer to our sober dilemma. All it takes is some cheap vodka, loose leaf tea, a strainer and 30 minutes. Seriously that's it. 

Bumble Bee Sting

  • 1 shot Tea Infused Vodka
  • 1 shot Pink (or regular) Lemon Juice
  • 1 teaspoon Honey Simple Syrup
  • Ice
  • Slice of Lemon for garnish
  1. Add the ice, vodka, lemon juice and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker and shake for a bit longer than you think you need to shake for. 
  2. Pour in glass serve with lemon slice. Enjoy!

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Grapefruit Infused Vodka

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Grapefruit Infused Vodka

In my professional opinion, citrus always makes things more delicious. Okay, not always but like 87% of the time it helps. Grapefruit mixes well with most cocktail recipes (or at least my favorites) so it seemed like a natural choice for a vodka infusion post. Infusing alcohols may sound like a fancy and scary idea, but it's a really simple thing to do. Add stuff to vodka, let it sit, remove the stuff, then drink the vodka. It's so easy, 94% of your high school graduating class could figure it out

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Hot Buttered Rum

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Hot Buttered Rum

No, you can't just microwave a mug of rum and throw a stick of butter in it, to make Hot Buttered Rum. The flavors in the cocktail must be fleshed out and built upon, much like a soup. A soup with an alcohol content. This is a very rich, and flavorful cocktail that will keep you warm on those long winter evenings, after a long day of feeding bodies into a woodchipper. 

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