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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
My initial round of experimentation with passion fruit showed how aromatic it is. Therefore I decided to partner it with pisco, an aromatic spirit. The obvious starting point was the pisco sour.

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Posted in Bunnyhugs originals, Exploring tastes, Grand Marnier, Recipes, St. Germain, apricot brandy (dry - Barack Palinka), eau de vie, eggs, grenadine, lime, maraschino, passion fruit, pisco | No Comments »
Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Following up on my earlier experiment infusing Oolong tea in gin, I decided to do another Chinese tea inspired infusion. This time round I wanted to use a tea blend called Jupu (菊普), which is simply a mix of chrysanthemum flowers (菊花) and a black tea called Puer (普洱茶). (more…)
Posted in Bunnyhugs originals, China, Infusions & experiments, Recipes, eggs, lemon, pisco, tea | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Having made some quality grenadine, the next step is to find some drinks to try it in. Three drinks immediately come to mind, the Clover Club, the Pink Lady, and the El Presidente. The Clover Club and Pink Lady are simply grenadine sweetened and flavored gin sours, while the El Presidente is a complex rum, orange Curacao and vermouth affair that gets a gentle lift from a teaspoon of grenadine. (more…)
Posted in Cuban, Exploring tastes, Recipes, calvados, curacao, dry (French), eau de vie, eggs, gin, grenadine, lemon, lime, rum, vermouth | 1 Comment »
Sunday, March 16th, 2008

With a name like Seamus, I felt obliged to come up with something to mark St. Patrick’s Day. Thus, in a moment of inspiration, I reached for the Crème de Menthe, Chartreuse and Midori, then got busy carving a clover out of a lime shell. The world was about to be introduced to the Leprechaun’s Abortion.
Don’t worry. . . I realize the world does not need another drink whose only distinguishing feature, besides tasting awful, is being green. (more…)
Posted in Bunnyhugs originals, Infusions & experiments, Irish, eggs, lemon, tea, whiskey/whisky | 1 Comment »
Friday, February 29th, 2008

I decided to give infusing gin with tea a try. I started by making the Earl Grey Martini as written up by Gary Regan in the San Francisco Chronicle. Earl Grey is possibly my least favorite tea. I don’t hate the stuff exactly. Oil of bergamont is an interesting flavor. Unfortunately, that taste just doesn’t work for me in tea. (more…)
Posted in Bunnyhugs originals, China, Infusions & experiments, eggs, genever/geneva/jenever, gin, lemon, lychee liqueur, tea | 3 Comments »
Sunday, June 10th, 2007

I’ve haven’t posted anything for the last couple of Mixology Mondays. My excuse in April was being on holiday and having no access to Champagne. It seems it isn’t a popular drink in the remoter parts of Western China. I didn’t have a very good excuse in May since I was already back in New Zealand by that stage. All I can say is that I still hadn’t got around to setting up a bar in my apartment and the idea of tequila drinks didn’t inspire me enough to make me rush out and go shopping.
This month my bar is more or less functional and the theme is cream, a theme which seems very doable. (more…)
Posted in Blogsphere events, Bunnyhugs originals, Recipes, blossom water, cream, eggs, gin, grenadine, lemon, lime, orgeat | 1 Comment »