Apple-Green Tea Cocktail

Name: Apple-Green Tea Cocktail
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 20 green tea bags; 5 cups water; 1 cup ice; 5 cups apple cider; 10 shots vodka; Apple for garnish; Black sugar for garnish

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Prep 15 min
Total 15 min
Servings 10

A different take on the popular sweet tea vodka drink. MORE+ LESS-

By The Food in My Beard

Updated October 30, 2014

Ingredients

green tea bags

cups water

cup ice

cups apple cider

shots vodka

Apple for garnish

Black sugar for garnish

Steps

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Heat 4 cups of the water to a near boil. Add the teabags and let sit for 5 minutes.
2

Remove the teabags and pour over the remaining cup of water and ice.
3

Rim a glass with the sugar. Fill with ice. In the glass pour 1 shot of vodka, 1/2 cup of cider, and fill with green tea. Garnish with apple and serve.

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More About This Recipe

In the summer, everyone I know seems to love drinking John Dalys.

It’s basically the cocktail named after another pro golfer, the Arnold Palmer, but with booze: Iced tea, lemonade, and usually a sweet tea flavored alcohol (or plain vodka).

Now that the weather is cooling down a bit, these sweet tea drinks don’t seem appropriate to me. I wanted a tea drink that was a little more complex and seasonal. I came up with this Apple-Green Tea Cocktail to satisfy the craving. It turned out to be the perfect drink for a crisp Autumn afternoon. It also doubles as a great Halloween drink because of the color.

The first step is to make a really strong green tea. This is 20 teabags in 4 cups of water.

Then fill a pitcher with ice and pour in your tea.

Green! When I get green tea at a coffee shop, I always wonder why it isn't green. When I make it, it always comes out green!

Mix the tea with apple cider and vodka.

Black sugar on the rim is a nice touch and also adds a much-needed sweetness to the drink.

Sorry to break the 4th wall on you guys, but here is a little behind the scenes look at the photoshoot.

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Dan Whalen has trouble resisting drinks on a crisp Autumn afternoon. He has been blogging for over 3 years at The Food In My Beard; check Dan's Tablespoon profile often to try his recipes with creative international spins!