Gourmet Ginger Drink Recipe - Ginger T'Ail

Ingredients

• GINGER T'AIL
• Ice
• 6 ounces Pu-erh tea
• 1 ounce ginger syrup (see following recipe)
• 2 ounces moscato, such as La Spinetta Bricco QuagliaMoscato
• Candied ginger, for garnish
• GINGER SYRUP
• makes about 1 cup of syrup
• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 6 thin slices of ginger

Directions

1. FOR SYRUP In a small saucepan, combine the sugar with the water and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat, add the ginger slices and let steep for 7 minutes. Remove the ginger and reserve the syrup. FOR GINGER T'AIL In a cocktail shaker, fill a glass with ice and combine the Pu-erh tea with the ginger syrup. Shake well, strain into a tall glass over ice and top with the moscato. Garnish with candied ginger and serve.