What's better to warm you up than chai tea and cinnamon infused vodka? Not even an electric blanket can compare! Use your imagination to come up with other infusions: throw some apples into the cinnamon vodka for a cider style drink, use lavender to make a lavender martini, any fruit, or even vegetable infuses nicely, black pepper vodka for a Bloody Mary...there are endless possibilities!
Ingredients:A semi-decent vodka, I used Svedka. The better the vodka, the better the result.
Whatever else you want! As an example I'm using Chai Tea bags and Cinnamon Sticks
Cheese Cloth/Coffee Filter if you choose to use loose leaf tea or smaller particle infusers
1. You'll need a jar that seals tightly, make sure they're clean. For the chai tea infusion use 2 tea bags, for the cinnamon use around 6 cinnamon sticks (which are usually actually cassia sticks but we need not worry) per 16 oz. of vodka. Add ingredients in jar and cap tightly.
2. Here's the tricky part -- deciding how long to let your concoction steep. For tea infusions you only need to wait a couple of hours at most, for the cinnamon 2-3 days is better. You'll see a color change which will help clue you in to how far along the infusion process is, compare the picture at the top of this entry to the photo below as an example. It is also recommended that you do periodic taste tests (this helps things in more ways than one). If you use fruit you'll see the fruit change color as well as the vodka.
3. Once the flavor is to your liking remove the infuser ingredient, and enjoy!
Pour equal parts of the chai tea vodka to cream and top with a sprinkle of nutmeg for a Chai Martini. Add the cinnamon vodka to hot cider.
good for snow days
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