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Drink Thu Sep 25 2008
Sweet and Spicy Sipper
I hosted a potluck at my place for Drive-Thru's fabulous writers on Tuesday night, and I needed a quick, fall-inspired, non-alcoholic beverage to supplement the bottles of wine others planned to bring. I got inspiration at - where else? - my local corner store.
I bought a gallon of apple cider and mixed it with a two-liter bottle of ginger ale in a very large pitcher. Then, just for a little bit of fancy, I simmered two cinnamon sticks and some star anise in a homemade simple syrup of water, sugar, and a few spoonfuls of honey. I added the cooled syrup to the pitcher, mixed, and served the sweet and spicy sipper over ice.
Yu suggested I punch up the ginger flavor next time by simmering some fresh grated ginger root with the simple syrup.
andie / September 25, 2008 11:14 PM
It's been two days and I'm still thinking about that drink. It was lovely.