The Blueberry Tea is a cocktail made from tea and liqueurs. It is served hot, and could be considered a variant on the hot toddy. Its name derives from its fruity taste, which some compare to blueberries. A cocktail. ... Tea leaves in a Chinese gaiwan. ... Bottles of strawberry liqueur A liqueur is a sweet alcoholic beverage, often flavoured with fruits, herbs, spices, flowers, seeds, roots, plants, barks, and sometimes cream. ... Hot toddy is a name, used in the English-speaking world (originally Scotland), for a mixed drink that is served hot. ... Species See text. ...

Preparation

Blueberry Tea is usually served in a brandy snifter, to concentrate and hold the alcohol fumes released by the tea's heat. Ingredients are typically^[1] A snifter glass A snifter refers to a type of stemware, a short-stemmed glass whose main vessel has a wide bottom but that narrows at the top. ...

• 1 oz. Grand Marnier liqueur
• 1 oz. Amaretto liqueur
• Hot Orange pekoe tea to taste.

Preparation is simple -- Add both liqueurs to the snifter and then fill with hot tea to taste. Swaddle the brandy snifter in serviettes or a cloth to protect the hands. Some suggest a sugared rim, or adding sugar to the tea, or a lemon garnish. Grand Marnier is a liqueur created in 1880 by Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle. ... The Amaretto Disaronno square bottle The term amaretto refers to a sweet liqueur made from a basic infusion of almonds or the almond-like kernels from the stones of drupe fruits, well as a related biscotto[1] (usually referred to in the plural, biscotti). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Variations

• Blueberry Tea, made with Earl Grey tea instead of Orange pekoe.^[2]
• Blueberry Tea, an alternate version made with actual blueberry fruit tea or other herbal tea, and less Grand Marnier^[3][4]
• Full Moon #2, Blueberry Tea without the tea^[5]

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References

1. ^ Classic Blueberry Tea recipe
2. ^ Blueberry Tea recipe using Earl Grey tea
3. ^ Blueberry Tea recipe using herbal tea
4. ^ Blueberry Tea recipe using actual blueberry tea
5. ^ Full Moon recipe using Amaretto and Grand Marnier in a snifter, sans tea

See also

• List of cocktails
• hot toddy