Whisky Focus - Celebrate National Tea Day With Cutty Sark Whisky Tea Cocktails

The iconic blended Scotch whisky Cutty Sark is celebrating 100 years of adventures this Spring with a new partnership that pays tribute to the legendary ship that inspired its name.

Founded in London back in March 1923 at the heart of the prohibition era, Cutty Sark was named after the famous tea-clipper of the same name: once the fastest ship of its day and docked in England at the time of the whisky’s invention by London’s Berry Bros & Rudd.

A hundred years on, a new range of cocktails has been created in collaboration with modern-day tea producers The Tea Leaf Company, to toast the whisky’s centenary and the Cutty Sark’s tea-trading past – just in time for National Tea Day on 21st April.

Three delicious tea-infused recipes have been released (see below), each a modern twist on a Cutty Sark classic, made by mixing this light, easy-drinking blended whisky with one of the Tea Leaf Company’s award-winning loose-leaf blends.

Easy for drinkers to mix and enjoy with friends at home, each cocktail offers a delicious and adventurous way to enjoy whisky, for novices and connoisseurs alike.

James Collins, Marketing Manager of Cutty Sark said: "Cutty Sark was founded 100 years ago as an adventurous new type of whisky, taking inspiration from the endeavours of the Cutty Sark ship and its crew.

"Our new collaboration with The Tea Leaf Co. has been created with that same bold spirit, delving into our past but putting a modern spin on our classic cocktail serves. Cutty Sark is wonderfully smooth, mellow, and made to mix, so these flavour-packed, easy-to-make cocktails are perfect for enjoying at home with friends."

Justin Robinson Founder of The Tea Leaf Co. said, "This National Tea Day, we are delighted to collaborate with Cutty Sark to give their classic recipes a twist with our range of hand rolled loose leaf blends. Steal a moment this 21st April to raise a Tea Leaf Co. tea infused cocktail in celebration of the nation’s favourite drink".

Ready to get involved? Gather your friends, get the kettle on, and give the whisky tea cocktails below a go!

If you have need some Cutty Sark you will find it available from specialist online whisky shops such as The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Shop, Master of Malt and Hard To Find Whisky
 

Ingredients:

• 50ml Cutty Sark Whisky
• 50ml brewed The Tea Leaf Co. Ti Kuan Yin Chinee Oolong
• Soda Water
• Lemon

Method:

• Stew the tea leaves in a cup of hot water for 3 minutes, leave to cool. Add the whisky and tea to a highball glass filled with ice and stir to combine. Top with soda water and garnish with a lemon wheel.

Ingredients:

• I50ml Cutty Sark Classic
• 10ml The Tea Leaf Co. Blood Orange Tea Syrup (see method)
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• 1 orange peel to garnish

Method:

• Fill a mixing glass with ice and add the whisky, Blood Orange Tea syrup and bitters. Stir for 3 minutes. Fill a rocks glass with ice and strain the liquid into the ice-filled glass. Garnish with an orange peel, we like a sail!
  
  To make the syrup: Combine equal parts steeped Blood Orange tea and granulated sugar in a pan, and over heat stir until the sugar dissolves. Put in the fridge to chill. Keeps refrigerated for up to 1 month.

Ingredients:

• 50ml Cutty Sark Whisky
• 20ml fresh lemon juice
• 20ml Tea Leaf Co. Smugglers Spice Chai syrup
• Small spoon of honey
• Ginger beer
• ½ a pear

Method:

• In one half of the cocktail shaker muddle the pear with honey and lemon. Add the whisky and ice and shake. Strain over fresh ice into a mug. Top with ginger beer and garnish with 2 pear slices.
  
  To make the syrup: Combine equal parts steeped chai tea and granulated sugar in a pan, and over heat stir until the sugar dissolves. Put in the fridge to chill. Keeps refrigerated for up to 1 month.

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