The Bar-tender's Guide/Tea Punch
Tea Punch.
(Use heated metal bowl.)
- Take ½ pint of good brandy.
- Take ½ pint of rum.
- Take ¼ pound of loaf-sugar, dissolved in water.
- Take 1 ounce of best green tea.
- Take 1 quart of boiling water.
- Take 1 large lemon.
Infuse the tea in the water. Warm a silver or other metal bowl until quite hot; place in it the brandy, rum, sugar, and the juice of the lemon. The oil of the lemon peel should be first obtained by rubbing with a few lumps of the sugar. Set the contents of the bowl on fire; and while flaming, pour in the tea gradually, stirring with a ladle. It will continue to burn for some time, and should be ladled into glasses while in that condition. A heated metal bowl will cause the punch to burn longer than if a china bowl is used.