[HN Gopher] Tea Punch Was the First Cocktail
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       Tea Punch Was the First Cocktail
        
       Author : pepys
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2024-06-11 20:46 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | baerrie wrote:
       | A strong bodied tea such as a ripe puerh goes very well with
       | bourbon and honey
        
         | lizardking wrote:
         | A nice hot toddy is the best part about being sick.
        
         | card_zero wrote:
         | I have some pu-erh right here, and ripe is the word, it has a
         | stable fragrance. Sadly I don't have any bourbon but I think
         | I'll try this out tomorrow.
        
         | mise_en_place wrote:
         | In Japan one of my favorite cocktails to order is soju with
         | barley tea. I forget the name but I agree, a strong flavored
         | tea is an excellent mixer.
        
       | staticautomatic wrote:
       | Not to be confused with "T punch" -- short for "petit punch" -- a
       | West Indian cocktail made of white rum and granulated sugar.
        
       | fein wrote:
       | Perhaps I'm being particular here, but that wouldn't be a
       | cocktail - it would be a mixed drink (and is called such in the
       | article) based on the definition of a cocktail at the time:
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       | "a stimulating liquor comprised of spirits of any kind, with
       | sugar, water, and bitters included"
        
         | crazygringo wrote:
         | I've never thought about this before, but I think there's a
         | good argument that tea technically falls in the category of
         | bitters.
         | 
         | After all, bitters are just an infusion of plant material. What
         | is tea but an infusion of plant material?
         | 
         | On the other hand, bitters generally include many different
         | plants and seems to be quite concentrated, while tea is just
         | one plant and isn't as concentrated.
         | 
         | I guess asking whether tea is bitters is kind of like asking if
         | hot dogs or tacos are sandwiches...
        
           | fein wrote:
           | I assume that bitters must have a base of alcohol, but only
           | because I'm not aware of any bitters that don't use alcohol
           | as the solvent to create the extract.
        
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