Dirty Chai Cocktail
The Dirty Chai Cocktail brings together chai flavors, a hitof coffee, with Bourbon and Kahlua fora fun drink. Serve it hot as a Hot Toddy type drink, or serve it iced or shaken for an old fashioned or martini drink. Celebrate the weekend with this drink!
Servings 2 servings
Calories 198kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup chai concentrate (recipe in the notes below)
- 1 cup milk any kind from dairy half & half, skim, soy, to almond milk
- 1 ½ ounce espresso or strong coffee
- 1 ½ ounce good bourbon like Bookers or Knob Creek
- 1 ½ ounce mocha Kahlua
Instructions
- Mix chai concentrate with milk. Add in espresso, bourbon, and Kahlua. Enjoy as a warm beverage or shaken with ice.
Notes
To make 4 & 1/2 cups chai concentrate (you'll only need 1 cup for the cocktail):
Ingredients:
- 4 & 1/2 cups water
- 10 black tea bags
- 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 7 whole cardamom pods
- 10 whole cloves
- ¼ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- ¼ cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
- Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the tea bags, spices, and orange zest. Stir to combine, and remove from heat. Let steep 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove tea bags, and strain out the spices with a fine mesh sieve. Add brown sugar, honey, and vanilla. Stir well to combine.
- Concentrate can be stored tightly covered in the fridge for 2 weeks.
Nutrition
Calories: 198kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 55mg | Potassium: 252mg | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 198IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 150mg | Iron: 0.1mg
