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I made a ginger, black tea, and blood orange NA punch. I was making like 5 foods at the same time, so I didn’t tinker with it and adjust to my taste as much as I normally would, and I used whatever I had on hand to measure.
- 1 liter of water
- 250 grams of minced fresh ginger
- 1 cup sugar ( 200 grams)
- simmer for 5 minutes
- cut heat, and add 3 tablespoons Assam tea (not sure about weight)
- strain, then let cool
- add 1 liter of water (probably makes sense to actual use ice instead of liquid to cool the mix faster)
- add 1 liter blood orange juice
- add 40 ml 10% citric acid solution (the equivalent of ~80 ml lemon juice)
- I also added 1 ml of orange oil just for aroma
I served it in a punch bowl and I put ginger beer and a few types of liquor next to it for people who wanted boozy or bubbly.
The way I came up with it was by mincing a small amount of ginger, simmering it, then adding tea. I then added blood orange juice till it felt right. In the ideal world, I would have done the same with sugar and citric acid (the salt and pepper of cocktails), but I was crunched for time, so I just did that part live. I think I could have boosted the acid a bit.
There’s more sugar there than in a bottle of blue label
Sugar sugar, ooh, honey honey!
Only requirement in this thread is a multi ingredient drink you think is good, that doesn’t get you high or drunk. Doesn’t need to be virtuous in any other way. The one in the picture is Eva’s Spritz with orange juice, lime juice, and Topo Chico. Eva’s Spritz is a non alcoholic rhubarb based aperitif.
You are absolutely non intoxicated
