Mixology Recipes

Benzaiten

The #PaletteForYourPalate Tea Cocktail Benzaiten is Lead Mixologist Grant Sceney’s creation, inspired by TEALEAVES Organic Long Life Green + Pantone 349C + Mood: Enlightened.

TEALEAVES’ and Pantone Color Institute’s #PaletteForYourPalate is a first-of-its-kind collaboration where 10 iconic tea blends serve as muse to over 30 world-class chefs and mixologists.

Notes from Grant Sceney, Lead Mixologist at Fairmont Pacific Rim:

“I wanted to achieve that Pantone color without using any artificial coloring, because that completely takes away from the other two components of the cocktail— the subtlety of Organic Long Life Green and the mood of Enlightenment.”

Benzaiten

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Organic Long Life Green Tea Infused Gin (see recipe below)
²/₃ oz. Rosemary Cucumber Syrup (see recipe below)
1 oz. Lime Juice
¹/₄ oz. Green Chartreuse
Garnish Rosemary
Garnish Cucumber

STEPS

Build all ingredients (except garnish) into cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake vigorously for 1 min.
Double strain into chilled coupette.
Garnish with rosemary and sliced cucumber.
Enjoy!

TEALEAVES Organic Long Life Green Infused Gin

INGREDIENTS

750 mL. Gin
8 Bags TEALEAVES Organic Long Life Green Tea

STEPS

Steep TEALEAVES Long Life Green pyramid teabags in gin in a clean mason jar at room temperature for 25 minutes.
Remove teabags and store in a clean glass bottle.
Cap and label.

Rosemary Cucumber Syrup

INGREDIENTS

500 mL. Water
500 mL. Cucumber Juice | Roughly 2 cucumbers, pushed through a vegetable juice with skin intact
1 kg. Sugar
5 Sprigs Rosemary

STEPS

Combine sugar and water in pot and bring to a boil.
Once all sugar is combined, remove from heat.
Add rosemary to sugar syrup and allow to stand for 1 hour.
Strain rosemary and add cucumber juice.
Combine and store in a clean plastic or glass container.
Keep refrigerated.

TEALEAVES’ and Pantone Color Institute’s’s #PaletteForYourPalate is a first-of-its-kind collaboration where 10 iconic tea blends serve as muse to over 30 world-class chefs and mixologists. Their creations culminate into a feast for the eyes, with the viewer ‘tasting’ the intimate expressions of the culinary, mixology, pastry artists’ rendition of Tea+Color+Mood.

Find recipes for these edible works of art exclusively on Tealeaves Recipes and #PaletteForYourPalate.