This delicious tea-infused gin cocktail debuted at NYC's legendary Pegu Club in the early 2000s. Here's how to make one for yourself.
, protein bind to tannins, absorbing their astringency and making the resultant cocktail silky smooth. And the reason I know any of that is that Audrey Saunders figured it out.
So why—in a world where you can get a balanced egg-white cocktail at the airport, where bartenders are constantly pushing forward with innovative techniques and fashions and flavor—why make the Earl Grey MarTEAni? Because it’s easy and remarkably delicious, that’s why. The complexity of the tea plays perfectly into gin’s strengths without overriding them, the sweet/sour treatment makes it pop, and the egg white smooths it out, ensuring no hair is out of place.
Pegu Club closed in May 2020, but had already begun to be eclipsed in the press by the shiny and new. This of course is inevitable, too, but a shame. “Yes, the menu itself, and the atmosphere feel a bit frozen in time now,”2 oz. Earl Grey-infused GinCombine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, and “dry” shake without ice for five to seven seconds, to white the egg. Add ice, and shake hard for 10 to 12 seconds.
For a single or double serving, you can infuse 3 or 5 ounces in about 10 or 15 minutes, respectively, with a single tea-bag. You’ll need two ounces of gin for each cocktail, and even if you squeeze it the teabag will steal about a half ounce, so plan accordingly.
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