Black tea and whiskey

[JimLahey]

Very simple and very damn good on a cold day.
Make your black tea extra strong and add a shot or two of cheap whiskey. The heat and the bite make for a very satisfying drink. Throw in lemon or sugar for your taste preference.

[Palinka (RIP)]

Works also with rum, brandy and, well, can't think of a spirit (ie 37.5% ABV or above) that it doesn't work with.

[JimLahey]

Works also with rum, brandy and, well, can't think of a spirit (ie 37.5% ABV or above) that it doesn't work with.

Yeah, it's an easy mix. Vodka probably wouldn't work as well, but hell I'd still drink it!

[Mr. Viking]

Works also with rum, brandy and, well, can't think of a spirit (ie 37.5% ABV or above) that it doesn't work with.

Yeah, it's an easy mix. Vodka probably wouldn't work as well, but hell I'd still drink it!

drinking vodka and tea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHmq7JoSjF8

[JimLahey]

Works also with rum, brandy and, well, can't think of a spirit (ie 37.5% ABV or above) that it doesn't work with.

Yeah, it's an easy mix. Vodka probably wouldn't work as well, but hell I'd still drink it!

drinking vodka and tea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHmq7JoSjF8

I don't get it.

[Wingman]

vodka mixes with everything.

[JimLahey]

Vodka mixes best with more vodka.

[Bluto]

vodka mixes with everything.

Perhaps, but I'm hard pressed to think of any mixed drink that calls for vodka that can't be made equally well, if not better, with a good white rum.

[Mr. Viking]

vodka mixes with everything.

Perhaps, but I'm hard pressed to think of any mixed drink that calls for vodka that can't be made equally well, if not better, with a good white rum.

rum usually wins for me because you can get a bit of flavour without the medicinal alcohol flavour that vodka can have

[Mr. Viking]

drinking vodka and tea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHmq7JoSjF8

I don't get it.

Daniel is a limp-dicked northern Irish singer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7wZIMFgiVY
some hilarious human made that song as a joke and claims to drink vodka and tea. I can understand why it makes no sense, but I think it's hilarious

[Glide]

Very simple and very damn good on a cold day.
Make your black tea extra strong and add a shot or two of cheap whiskey. The heat and the bite make for a very satisfying drink. Throw in lemon or sugar for your taste preference.

Any specific teas to make this even more interesting? Such as Earl Grey and so on.

I'm drinking TJD but I got a bottle of Clan MacGregor which is pretty cheap and my goto whisky so I'll be trying this. What's the drink called?

[Palinka (RIP)]

...What's the drink called?

Technically, it would be a variant Hot Toddy. As for which teas work best, pretty much any would do. Certainly Earl Grey would provide a good mix but you could try Lemon Tea, Peppermint Tea (very good if you have a cold) or Japanese Cherry Tea. However, I wouldn't advise using Gunpowder Tea, that stuff has way too much caffeine. If you are going to mix with a cheapish whisk(e)y, I would strongly recommend that you try using Lapsang Souchong Tea, its smoky flavour would class up a cheap whisk(e)y very nicely.

[Glide]

Technically, it would be a variant Hot Toddy. As for which teas work best, pretty much any would do. Certainly Earl Grey would provide a good mix but you could try Lemon Tea, Peppermint Tea (very good if you have a cold) or Japanese Cherry Tea. However, I wouldn't advise using Gunpowder Tea, that stuff has way too much caffeine. If you are going to mix with a cheapish whisk(e)y, I would strongly recommend that you try using Lapsang Souchong Tea, its smoky flavour would class up a cheap whisk(e)y very nicely.

Thank you Palinka. You're very friendly and useful. I'll check this again later.

[mistah willies]

Vodka mixes best with more vodka.

Indeed, Sir Jim Lahey.

Now, about this "tea" of which the others speak...

Hopefully, it hasn't been taxed or anything. I shall look for it.

[Palinka (RIP)]

...about this "tea" of which the others speak...

If you aren't used to it, you should ease yourself into it gently; start with the "Long Island Iced" variety, at first.