Sweet, bright, and refreshing, this Sweet Vermouth Hibiscus Tea Cocktail is great for summer entertaining.
I’m not a big drinker, I occasionally have a glass of wine with dinner or with appetizers when I’m entertaining.
After experiencing a sweet vermouth cocktail at a friends house, I was curious and decided to learn a bit more about the intriguing ingredient in the drinks my friend served. It was a pretty simple cocktail, she mixed sweet vermouth, sparkling water, a splash of fresh orange juice with a twist of orange zest. However, the most popular drink that uses vermouth is a martini, which is a bit too strong for my taste.
Vermouth, what is it?
Vermouth is an aromatized, fortified wine flavored with herbs, spices, seeds, flowers, barks, roots and various botanicals. It’s fortified with distilled alcohol which keeps it from spoiling as quickly as traditional wine.
There are several kinds of vermouth, the most popular are red which is sweet, and white which is dry. In this recipe, I used sweet vermouth and one of my favorites, hibiscus tea.
You’ll need to make your tea and allow it to cool in your fridge. I recommend you make your tea several hours before you need it for your cocktails or overnight, so that it’s nice and chilled when you’re ready to make your cocktails.
Cocktail time is super easy, simply mix, stir and pour.
The herbal sweetness of the vermouth combined with the tart florals of the hibiscus tea, with a touch of citrus is amazing.
Sweet Vermouth Hibiscus Tea Cocktail
The herbal sweetness of the vermouth combined with the tart florals of the hibiscus tea, with a touch of citrus is amazing.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Beverage
Ingredients
- ½ cup dried hibiscus flowers
- 4 cups boiling water
- 2 oz Lemoncello Liqueur
- several sprigs of fresh mint leaves
- crushed ice
- 3 oz. sweet vermouth
- maple syrup or sweetener of your choice to taste
- 3 to 4 dashes of aromatic bitters
- several slices of lemon wedges
Instructions
Place lemoncello liqueur and 6 to 8 mint leaves into a cocktail shaker, muddle to release the flavor of the mint.
Add ice, vermouth, 1 ½ cups of the hibiscus tea, maple syrup or sweetener of your choice, and bitters.
Shake to combine.
Pour over two glasses of ice and garnish with mint leaves and a lemon wedge. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
If you prefer, you can omit the mint and simply add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker, shake to combine, pour over ice and enjoy.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¾ cup
- Calories: 147kcal
- Sugar: 19.6g
- Sodium: 14.7mg
- Fat: 0.9g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 0.4g
- Protein: 0.3g
- Cholesterol: 0