Lately, we’ve seen a fair number of intriguing matcha cocktail recipes. But there are a lot of teas out there, meaning there are a plethora of directions one could take here, whether you’re whipping up a traditional cocktail or a non-alcoholic drink.
Enter hojicha, a tasty Japanese green tea. The toasty flavors lend well to the right cocktail, as Katana Kitten has found out. The joint, one of the best NYC bars, just dropped a great NA drink featuring the tea.
Read on for the full recipe.
Hojicha Carajillo
Perhaps you’ve come across a Carajillo cocktail recipe. This riff utilizes the aforementioned tea and is deeply comforting.
Ingredients:
- 500 grams strongly brewed hojicha (50g tea leaves per 1-liter of hot water)
- 250 grams non-alcoholic agave spirits
- 125 grams piloncillo
- 125 grams lemon juice
- 75 grams sugar
- 375 grams whole milk
- 20 grams cinnamon sticks
Prep:
- Prepare hot water for the tea, right before it boils. Make the tea and steep it for 10 minutes. Strain and add piloncillo and sugar to mix until dissolves.
- Once they all dissolved, cool the tea down completely, and add non alcoholic agave spirits and lemon juice.
- Heat up milk & cinnamon stick over low-med heat. Once it comes to hot and before simmering (and with a lovely cinnamon aroma) pour this hot milk into the batch above & stir well together.
- Place this batch in the fridge overnight. Strain through cheesecloth, then strain it again through the coffee filter.
- Once the batch is strained nicely clear, add 7% by weight of sugar and stir to dissolve.
Method:
- Shake 4 ounces of the Hojicha Carajillo batch & 1x dash of chili tincture with 4x Kold Draft cubes.
- Shake it like you make a proper sour cocktail and strain into a chilled sour glass.
- Garnish with a generous sprinkle of hojicha tea smoked sea salt.
