Description
Ultimate hot cocktail healing freezing North Indian nights, pouring dark rum like Old Monk into Kashmir region's traditional spiced green tea 'Kahwa'.
Restaurants serving Kahwa Rum (Kashmiri Tea and Dark Rum Hot Cocktail)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Dark rum
- Green tea leaves
- Saffron
- Cardamom
- Cinnamon
- Almond
- Honey
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] Kashmiri Kahwa (400ml water,
- tsp green tea leaves,
- cardamom pods,
- cinnamon stick, few saffron threads,
- tbsp slivered almonds,
- tbsp honey), 60ml dark rum (Old Monk etc.).
- Snowing Kashmir (or Delhi winter night). Put water in small pot (or traditional Samovar), heavily rub lightly-crushed cardamom, cinnamon stick, expensive saffron with fingers and heat.
- When spice aromas transfer and hot water turns beautiful golden, add green tea leaves brewing for mins, dissolving sweet honey (or sugar) making traditional 'Kahwa Tea'.
- Tightly lay slivered almonds at bottom of heat-resistant glass cups (or pottery cups).
- Quietly pour 30ml each India-produced dark rum 'Old Monk' with intense vanilla aroma into glasses.
- Instantly pour piping hot golden 'Kahwa Tea' boiling in pot through strainer over rum.
- Moment poured, rum alcohol evaporates 'whoosh', noble saffron aroma and sweet cinnamon smell wrap entire face. Warming glass with both hands and slurping a sip, green tea freshness, honey sweetness, rum's violent richness unite, birthing intense heat from bottom of frozen stomach—winter magic.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Saffron、Cardamom、Cinnamon
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Add rum to green tea teabag and cardamom powder (as simple sub)
Pairing
Dried fruits、Rustic nuts not using spices
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Kahwa' is Kashmir region traditional spiced green tea rooted in Persia/Middle East. Originally non-alcoholic tea for entertaining guests, but began when liquor-loving men secretly (or openly) dripped dark rum to drink on freezing North Indian winter nights. Saffron's earthy aroma and rum's caramel aroma harmonize unbelievably—exquisite Hot Toddy known to those in the know.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Scoop massive slivered almonds settled at glass bottom with spoon at the end, making supreme dessert as 'rum-soaked saffron nuts'!
Allergen
Tree nuts (Almond)