Get in the Holiday spirit with this creamy and flavorful Chai Tea Eggnog Cocktail served on a martini glass and garnished with fresh whipped cream
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Irresistible Chai Tea Eggnog Cocktail
‘Tis the season for the celebrations to begin.
Holidays are not only the most beautiful part of the year but they also allow you to taste some amazing flavors and spices.
Adding nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, cloves, allspice, and cinnamon screams Holidays to me. Now steep black tea into those spices with some milk and you get a delicious and creamy eggnog.
Eggnog normally to me tastes like creamy alcohol.
Not much flavor in the “creamy” part.
Now with this Chai Tea Eggnog Cocktail, I’ve punched up the flavor and taken the famous Christmas cocktail to a whole new level. You can choose to serve it with or without rum. It’s up to you and your guest’s preferences.
But, even if you’re serving it as a “mocktail” don’t forget to use your shaker to chill and shake your drink before pouring it into your martini glasses.
For the Black Tea, I chose Lipton Organic Black Tea.
I love the marshmallow gingerbread men and the mini candy canes.
Here’s how I made my yummy Chai Tea Eggnog Cocktail:
First I steeped my milk in Lipton black tea, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, and cardamom.
While the milk was steeping I grabbed another bowl and whisked some eggs, cornstarch, and sugar.
I carefully and slowly added the hot milk to the eggs while whisking vigorously. This process is called tempering and it prevents the eggs from cooking.
I returned the mixture to the pot over low heat and cooked until the eggnog thickened up to the point that it coated the back of a spoon.
This mixture gets strained and a cup of chilled half-and-half is mixed with it.
The eggnog gets chilled for a couple of hours or until the party starts.
When ready to serve simply place some of the eggnog mixture with lots of ice in a shaker bottle, add some rum, shake, and pour.
Use whipped cream as a garnish or replace it with a cinnamon stick.
Is that easy?
Tell me, what is your favorite Holiday drink?
I hope you can try this delicious Chai Tea Eggnog Cocktail at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet.
Chai Tea Eggnog Cocktail
Ingredients
For Eggnog Base
- 2 cups Milk
- 2 bags Black Tea
- 2 teaspoons Cornstarch
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cardamon
- 1/2 teaspoon Whole Cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon Allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Ginger
- 1 cup Half & Half
For Cocktail
- 3 cups Eggnog Base
- 3/4 cup Dark Rum more if you'd like
- Ice
Instructions
- In a pot, mix in the milk, tea bags and spices over medium heat until the mixture boils.
- When milk boils, remove from heat and let the tea bags steep for 3 minutes. After the three minutes discard the tea bags and boil the mixture again
- In the meantime whisk the eggs, sugar, and cornstarch in a bowl
- Carefully, temper the eggs, that means to bring up the temperature of the eggs without cooking. To do that, add a bit of the hot milk mixture into the eggs while whisking vigorously. Then slowly add the rest of the milk mixture. Do not stop whisking
- Pour the whole mixture back into the pot and cook over low heat until the mixture thickens and covers the back of the spoon. DO NOT LET THE MIXTURE BOIL
- Remove from heat and strain into a clean bowl. Whisk in the half & half, cover and chill for a minimum of 2 hours
For Chai Eggnog Cocktail
- In a shaker add the chilled eggnog mixture, rum, and lot's of ice. Shake and pour into Martini Glasses
- Enjoy!
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