Iced Tea Cocktail Recipe Contest Winner

Following June's iced tea cocktails-themed tea recipe contest contest judges Colleen Graham of About.com Cocktails, Chris Cason of Tavalon and I were all impressed with two recipe contest entries from from The Manor Casual Bistro in Edmonton, Alberta. Although it was a close call between them, in the end The Model Tea won. Chris said:

"Mixing this cocktail was an adventure, since I hadn't tried some of the ingredients (such as the super-sweet Donnafugata Ben Rye Zibibbo Dessert Wine). The amaro (one of my favs, since it adds such a unique herb flavor) worked well to bring out the tea flavor much more than the first drink. And as the ice melted, the tea flavor became more pronounced - brilliant! The coup de grace was the basil garnish - perhaps I am just a sucker for basil, but it brought the whole sweet, herb-y mix together perfectly."

I couldn't agree more and Colleen concurred that this was a great drink. Congrats to The Manor Casual Bistro for winning the iced tea cocktail recipe contest with such an innovative and delicious iced tea cocktail recipe!

In related news, Chris just got married (Congrats, Chris!!!) and will be on his honeymoon for the next few weeks, so we're putting the tea recipe contest on hold until August.

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