bill hopkinson
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
I love sloe gin and elderflower gin.
The trouble is that if I make my own sloe gin, even the fruit sugars make it too heavy in sugars.
My lower sugar alternative is to make my own tea gin. A cheap gin and tea bags is all it takes.
Recipe 1. This is my favourite.
Drop decaffeinated earl grey tea bags into cheap gin and leave overnight. The alcohol is good at extracting the flavours cold. 1 or 2 bags per 100ml gin.
You could use any tea, but it must be decaffeinated because when caffeine dissolves in alcohol it is usually cloudy, and although the taste is the same, the milky presentation is not good.
I drink it with soda, not tonic.
Recipe 2. For people who don't like earl grey.
Same as before but use a fruit tea such as fruits of the forest, or bilberry.
Popular with friends.
Recipe 3. If mint is your thing.
Use spearmint rather than regular mint, and vodka is better than gin.
It is not my thing, but some friends now ask for it.
The trouble is that if I make my own sloe gin, even the fruit sugars make it too heavy in sugars.
My lower sugar alternative is to make my own tea gin. A cheap gin and tea bags is all it takes.
Recipe 1. This is my favourite.
Drop decaffeinated earl grey tea bags into cheap gin and leave overnight. The alcohol is good at extracting the flavours cold. 1 or 2 bags per 100ml gin.
You could use any tea, but it must be decaffeinated because when caffeine dissolves in alcohol it is usually cloudy, and although the taste is the same, the milky presentation is not good.
I drink it with soda, not tonic.
Recipe 2. For people who don't like earl grey.
Same as before but use a fruit tea such as fruits of the forest, or bilberry.
Popular with friends.
Recipe 3. If mint is your thing.
Use spearmint rather than regular mint, and vodka is better than gin.
It is not my thing, but some friends now ask for it.
I make them using Pepsi Max. I also like vodka and cola, which I suppose would be a "Русский Свобода" or "Russky Svoboda" (translation by the Googlefish, transliteration to Latin worked out with the aid of Character Map). I also like a Dark Princess, which is as above but using Tia Maria instead of rum or vodka. (But make sure you get Tia Maria, not a cheap and nasty imitation such as Soiree, or you'll be Soiree you bought it.)