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No. 10 · Naughty, Nice & Slightly Unhinged
Oh, Ship! It's Christmas
Old-school hot rum punch, the way sailors made it: black tea, lemon, sugar and rum.
Serves8
GlassPunch bowl + glass punch cups
Difficulty2 of 3
Sweet / Strong3 / 2
CostLow
Make-aheadMake the lemon sugar up to 1 day ahead
Ingredients
- Peels of 3 lemons (no white pith)
- 0.75 cup demerara sugar
- 24 oz hot, strong black tea (English breakfast)
- 10 oz aged rum
- 4 oz fresh lemon juice
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- Garnish: lemon wheels, freshly grated nutmeg
Build
- Pour the hot tea over the lemon sugar and stir until it dissolves; remove the peels.
- Stir in the rum, lemon juice and cinnamon sticks.
- Pour into a warmed punch bowl and float the lemon wheels.
- Ladle into cups and grate fresh nutmeg over each.
Zero-proof twin
skip the rum; add 8 oz more tea and a splash of vanilla.Prep. lemon sugar: muddle the lemon peels with the demerara sugar and let sit 30 minutes until the sugar turns oily and fragrant.