apple cider old fashioned
A cozy-up-on-a-blustery-night bourbon cocktail.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 chai tea bags
- 2 oz bourbon
- 2 dashes orange bitters
- 3 oz sparkling apple cider
- cinnamon stick, apple slices, and/or star anise, to garnish
Instructions
- In a small saucepot, simmer the sugar in 1 cup of water until dissolved, about 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and drop in the tea bags. Steep 10-12 minutes. Squeeze excess syrup from the used tea bags back into the pot and discard the bags.
- In a cocktail glass, combine the bourbon, 1 oz chai syrup (or more to taste), and the bitters. Stir to combine. Fill the glass with ice and stir again, then top with sparkling apple cider and garnish with apple slices, a cinnamon stick, and a star anise, as desired.
Notes
*To store syrup: Unused syrup can be stored in the fridge, sealed, for up to 2 weeks.