Mixology

The Crackatook Cocktail

Name: The Crackatook
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 1.5 oz. Nutcracker-Infused Mount Gay Amber (see below); 0.75 oz. Nutcracker Syrup (see below); 0.5 oz. Frangelico; 0.5 oz. Lapsang Souchong Maple Syrup (see below); 13.5 oz. TEALEAVES Nutcracker Tea, steeped; 1.5 oz. Hazelnut, crushed; 0.5 oz. Vanilla Extract; 1.5 oz. Caramel; 5 Sticks Cinnamon; 0.5 oz. Fresh Orange Juice; 3.5 oz. Simple Syrup (1/1 sugar and water ratio); 20 oz. TEALEAVES Lapsang Souchong Loose Leaf Tea, steeped; 10 oz. Maple Syrup; 6.5 oz. Water; 6.5 oz. TEALEAVES Nutcracker Loose Leaf Tea, steeped; 25 oz. Mount Gay Amber Rum

MIXOLOGY RECIPE

The Crackatook

A curse from the Mouse Queen turns a princess into the first nutcracker, and can only be lifted by eating the Crackatook nut.

Sip yourself into the origins of the Nutcracker, and try the magical nut in this smoky, hazelnut cocktail. Nutcracker tea-infused rum, with its hazelnut and citrus notes, perfectly complements a smoky maple syrup, for a warming story in front of Drosselmeyer’s clockwork castle.

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The Crackatook

Notes from Rob Kharazmi, Mixologist at Four Seasons, Whistler:

“We let the syrup infuse for two to three days in order for it to fully absorb the aroma and flavors of the Nutcracker tea, along with additional hazelnut, vanilla, caramel, cinnamon and orange juice. We found letting the tea infuse in the maple syrup overnight gave us the right amount of astringency balanced with the sweetness.”

Servings: 1 Cocktail

Keywords: Mixology, Cocktail , Holiday , Nutcracker

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 0 mins
Total Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

Instructions

Ingredients

The Crackatook

1 ½ oz. Nutcracker-Infused Mount Gay Amber (see below)
¾ oz. Nutcracker Syrup (see below)
½ oz. Frangelico
½ oz. Lapsang Souchong Maple Syrup (see below)

Nutcracker Syrup

13 ½ oz. TEALEAVES Nutcracker Tea, steeped
1 ½ oz. Hazelnut, crushed
½ oz. Vanilla Extract
1 ½ oz. Caramel
5 Sticks Cinnamon
½ oz. Fresh Orange Juice
3 ½ oz. Simple Syrup (1/1 sugar and water ratio)

Lapsang Souchong Maple Syrup

20 oz. TEALEAVES Lapsang Souchong Loose Leaf Tea, steeped
10 oz. Maple Syrup
6 ½ oz. Water

Nutcracker-Infused Mount Gay Amber

6 ½ oz. TEALEAVES Nutcracker Loose Leaf Tea, steeped
25 oz. Mount Gay Amber Rum

Instructions

The Crackatook

Mix all the ingredients together.
Top up with hot water.
Enjoy!

Nutcracker Syrup

Bring all the ingredients to a boil and let simmer for a few minutes.
Strain.

Lapsang Souchong Maple Syrup

Bring all the ingredients to a boil.
Simmer for 5 minutes.
Strain and store cold.

Nutcracker-Infused Mount Gay Amber

Combine the tea and rum and leave overnight.
Re-bottle and enjoy.

Notes

In time for the holidays, TEALEAVES, in a collaboration with 15+ ballet companies, 10+ luxury hotel partners, and an antiquarian horologist, launched the worldwide Nutcracker #AfternoonTEALEAVES: Gifts of Time initiative. The project is a twist to the traditional gift guide that offers experiential pairings to afternoon tea, themed after the story of the Nutcracker, and celebrates the arts, true craftsmanship, and spending quality time with others.

Piece together your real-life Nutcracker fairytale and explore various ‘Gifts of Time’. Journey to https://www.tealeaves.com/pages/afternoon-tealeaves-nutcracker.