Tea is far too delicate a substance for something like this. To be used in
alchohol the flavor has to be very strong to overcome the alchohol itself.
Making such drinks is a national sport in Russia and people always make
their own home pepper, lemon peel, orange peel, cranberry, etc. flavored
vodka. My favourite can even be bought in the States now - its Ukrainian
Honey Pepper vodka from Nemirov. I heard of almost everything being added
to vodka including lot of herbs (Zveroboy, Starka, Tarragon), coffee
(syropy - not my taste) but two substances were kind of taboo - milk and
tea. And I think there must be a good reason for it. But hey - nothing can
stand between an entrepreneural girl and her determination to spoil a bottle
of vodka and a can of tea And Te Guan Yin is probably the best candidate
for this experiment.

Sasha.


"Melinda" > wrote in message
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> Now there's a question I never thought to ask...anyone know if there is a
> liquer that uses tea leaves? Hmmm....
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> Melinda
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>>
>> Magical number for extraction is 40% (80 proof) alcohol in water
>> (standard vodka). That is the absolute best proportion for alcohol
>> extraction of organics from herbs, etc.. And I do not think its just a
>> coincidence that it's the same percentage that is traditionally used for
>> hard liquor.
>>
>> Sasha.
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