Skunk wrote: > mudlark;176895 Wrote: >> It is also vital that the tea is mixed correctly with milk from Briish >> cows and that the tea is stirred only in a clockwise direction in >> sympathy with the natural Coriolis effect in the northern hemisphere. >> > > You're making me thirsty, though I prefer Buckner Mint Julep: > > "Go to a spring where cool, crystal-clear water bubbles from under a > bank of dew-washed ferns. In a consecrated vessel, dip up a little > water at the source. Follow the stream through its banks of green moss > and wildflowers until it broadens and trickles through beds of mint > growing in aromatic profusion and waving softly in the summer breezes. > Gather the sweetest and tenderest shoots and gently carry them home. Go > to the sideboard and select a decanter of Kentucky Bourbon, distilled by > a master hand, mellowed with age yet still vigorous and inspiring... > > In each goblet, put a slightly heaping teaspoonful of granulated sugar, > barely cover this with spring water and slightly bruise one mint leaf > into this, leaving the spoon in the goblet. Then pour elixir from the > decanter until the goblets are about one-fourth full. Fill the goblets > with snowy ice, sprinkling in a small amount of sugar as you fill. Wipe > the outsides of the goblets dry and embellish copiously with mint..." > > Proper use of the spoon and other requirements listed at > http://www.thebucknerhome.com/julep/recipe.html
Sounds like an audiophile cocktail to me. Alternative version: Pour bourbon over ice with a tsp of sugar, a splash of water, and a couple of mint leaves. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
