Cocktail Infusers

Lavender Citrus infuses the flavor of white tea and lavender with grapefruit, bergamot and violet.

The infusions do come with their own recipe book and one of the delicious recipes that are included with the Lavender Citrus infusion is the Lavender Pear Martini.

Lavender Pear Martini

1 Lavender Citrus Infusion
1 ½ oz vodka
3 oz peach nectar
1 fresh pear

Place the infuser in glass
Pour vodka over the infuser and steep to desired strength
Place infused vodka, pear nectar and ice into a cocktail shaker and shake well
Strain into a martini glass
Garnish with a pear slice.

When I think about using lavender in cooking my first thoughts are of lavender ice cream which makes me think that a creamy cocktail might be a great idea for this infusion. I thought about what would make the perfect creamy lavender cocktail and came up with this cocktail recipe -

Lavender Ice Cream Martini

Infuse vodka with Lavender Citrus infusion

Take -
30 ml of the lavender citrus infused vodka
15 ml baileys
30 ml of cream
Ice

Place all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake well, then strain into a martini glass to serve.

If you're able to get some edible grade lavender flowers to use as a garnish this cocktail would look as stunning as it tastes.

This infusion combines the flavors of spearmint, lemongrass and lemon myrtle and (as with the other infusions) this cocktail infusion does come with it's own recipe book which includes this recipe -

Tom Kha

1 lemongrass infuser
2oz coconut flavored rum
2 oz lemonade
½ oz fresh lime juice

Place infuser in glass.
- Pour rum over infuser and steep to desired strength.
- Combine infused rum, lime juice, lemonade into a shaker with ice, shake vigorously.
- Strain into three shot glass.
- Garnish if desired

Lemongrass and lime juice makes me think of Thailand so I thought - what about a Thai inspired cocktail? and this is what I came up with -

The Thaitini

First you need to infuse vodka with the lemongrass infuser and then take -

45 ml of lemongrass infuser
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
Small chunk of ginger

Place the ginger into the bottom of a metal cocktail shaker and pour some of the lemongrass infuser on top, take a muddler and muddle well. Next add the rest of the lemongrass infuser, the lime juice and some ice and shake really well. Strain the liquid into a cocktail glass to serve.

A rather neat looking garnish is to add a tiny red chili into the bottom of the glass, but I must admit as much as I think it looks great I'd be worried about drinking it!

The Silkroad Chai is made with a black tea with the chai spices - cinnamon, ginger and cardamom.

Chai White Russian

1 Silkroad Chai infuser
1 ½ oz vodka
1 oz simple syrup
2 oz light cream
- Place infuser in glass.
- Pour vodka over infuser and steep to desired strength.
- Add simple syrup, light cream and ice.
Personally I always think that cardamom and orange go well together, orange also goes well with ginger and yet cinnamon makes me think of apple so it was a little harder to come up with a recipe for this infuser.

I think the company's recipe (above) sounds like the best one, but not to be thwarted I've come up with this -

Spicy Orangetini

Infuse the silkroad chai infuser with vodka and then take -

30 ml silkroad chai infused vodka
15 ml Cointreau
Ice

Add all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake well, strain into a cocktail glass to serve.