Steep It Loose — RECIPES: CRAFT COLD BREW

If you like a sweet drink, this one has a nice strawberry and mint flavor. It’s not too heavy on the rum, either in flavor or yield, the overall drink sits at about 10% ABV. Ingredients2 heaping tsp Strawberry Fields herbal tea1/4 cup (4 TBS) lime juice12 fresh mint leaves, muddled or 2 heaping tsps Moroccan Mint green tea1/2 cup (4 oz) white rum 1/2 cup (4 oz) cool, freshly drawn water1/2 cup (4 oz) ginger beerFor rim: rock sugar.Equipment 16 oz wide-mouth Mason jarCraft Cold Brew FilterInstructionsCombine first five ingredients in 16 oz wide-mouth Mason jar. Stir gently to...

Serve it in a frosted mini martini glass, and you’ll never regret missing the vodka in this satisfyingly complex botanical infusion. Yields: Three 4-oz servings   Ingredients 1 TBS (8 grams) Boulder Blues green loose leaf tea 2 basil leaves, torn and activated in the palm of your hand - give it a good smack! 3 - 4 slices cucumber 1 small or 1/2 medium lime, thinly sliced Optional garnish: basil leaves   Equipment  16 oz wide-mouth Mason jar Craft Cold Brew Filter   Instructions Combine ingredients in a 16 oz mason jar. Stir to mix well. Screw on Craft...

  Yields Four 8-oz servings Ingredients 1 bottle red wine (750ml)2 heaping TBS of Venus Rising loose leaf herbal tea1/2 cup brandy1/4 cup triple secGarnish: 1 Orange and/or 1 LimeEquipment 32 oz wide-mouth Mason jarCraft Cold Brew FilterInstructions Combine first four ingredients into a 32 oz wide mouth mason jar. Steep anywhere between 8-10 hours, limes and orange. We recommend overnight, and in the fridge.Add ice, fresh Oranges and Lime wedges for decoration (optional)

Long Island iced tea is a late 20th century classic, known for its super high alcohol content without the flavor of alcohol. Yes, this can be a recipe for disaster!  The original cocktail, which has since become Long Island’s most most ubiquitous namesake, was conceived by a bartender named Robert “Rosebud” Butt at the Oak Beach Inn of Hampton Bays, Long Island, N.Y. He threw together his restaurant’s four biggest-selling liquors (vodka, rum, gin, tequila), and then added orange liqueur and a splash of Coca Cola to help mellow the stiff drink. Curiously, the result tasted a lot like a...