Lapsang souchong and bitter orange soda
Bitter orange, known in Thai as som saa, has a deeply concentrated orange flavour as well as some bitterness. Paired with smoky black tea, it feels like drinking orange juice next to a campfire.
Servings: 1 glass
Equipment
- 1 47cl (16oz) glass
Ingredients
Brewed tea
- 1 teabag lapsang souchong
- 50 millilitres boiling water 3 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon
Per glass
- Ice to fill a glass
- 1 ½ tablespoons 1:1 sugar syrup
- 1 tablespoon bitter orange juice (som saa)
- 130 millilitres soda water
- 40 millilitres brewed lapsang souchong tea
Instructions
- Brew the tea by steeping the tea bag in the boiling water and allow to cool. Squeeze the bag in your fist to extract as much concentrated liquid as possible.
- Fill a glass with ice. To the brim! Add the bitter orange juice and sugar syrup.
- Pour the soda in next, followed by the concentrated tea.
Notes
If you're not sure of the volume your drinkware holds, simply blend all of the ingredients except the ice in a jug, pour it into glass(es), and top with ice. You'll lose the layered visual effect, but if it saves time and eliminates stress, who cares?