INFUSION

Today I'd like to introduce a concept that has been around for quite some time, but is still not practised long enough! Well the title of this entry gave it all away.

So well, infusion. This process does take quite some time to take place, so one reason I feel that it is still not practiced long enough would be because of the length of time and also the patience required to infuse a particular flavour into a spirit of your choice. My first ever experiment was making my very own homemade limoncello. Yes it did took me 3 months to infuse, and the product was brilliant! The lemon rind actually decolourised into the liquid, and a sniff of the liqueur gives you a strong intoxicating lemony flavour that basically just bursts out. Following the recipe, I finished off by sweetening it(I used vodka as my base spirit, and it is very very bitter at that stage of production), and voila, I got my very own homemade limoncello. There is no greater satisfaction then from creating your very own liqueur, playing around with the intensity of the flavours and subsequently creating your very own customized drink. So go on, give it a try. It could sound totally crazy to someone, but it might just be an eye opener to another!

I had this infatuation with tea at some point of time a while back, and it probably triggered the creation of this drink. Basically its an infusion, requiring about 200ml of Rum to the rind of two limes (or lemon limes as they call it, the big round kinds that has a sweet taste to it), the rind of a lemon, and a tea bag (I added two but you could always use one which I believe is sufficient). Let it rest for 3 months, and you should end up with clear brown liquid.

Using this infusion, and seeing it as best friends of coke, I decided to keep it simple today, by making it more or less something like a housepour drink, but with a zesty kick to it.

30ml of Lemon-Lime-Tea Infused Rum
in a glass of ice
Topped with Coca cola

Serve chilled, and maybe a lemon and lime rind to garnish.