Chai Tea Fizz

While chai lattes are regularly found at coffee shops and cafes across the country, rarely do they include any kind of alcoholic beverage, especially gin. The Chai Tea Fizz isn’t going to show up on your local Starbucks menu anytime soon, nor even that hip coffeeshop down the street from the three other Starbucks. Luckily, it’s not a difficult drink to make at home.

The base liquor for the Chai Tea Fizz is Bombay Sapphire East gin. While similar to the famous Bombay Sapphire, the East expression also includes two new botanicals—lemon grass and black pepper. The peppery, citrusy and floral gin pairs well with the chai tea syrup that sweetens the drink, adding even more botanical complexity to the mix.

As with any Gin Fizz, the drink is made with egg white, citrus and club soda, and then served “long,” which refers to being served in a highball glass with no ice. This involves a dry shake first (all the ingredients save the club soda shaken with no ice), then a normal shake with ice to make sure the drink is especially cool before it gets poured in the glass and topped with the club soda. It’s important to make sure the soda is completed chilled, and it’s not a terrible idea to chill the highball glass, too.

Like the Ramos Gin Fizz, the Chai Tea Fizz is light, bright and fluffy, which makes it a lovely drink for brunch. Using a black tea based chai rather than an herbal tea chai will also add a modest amount of caffeine, which gives you even more of an excuse to whip some of these up for your next brunch party.

The Ramos Gin Fizz

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