Whiskey sour mocktail

Try this non-alcoholic take on a whiskey sour, made with Assam leaf tea for a bourbon-like flavour note. It’s just as impressive as the real thing

Ingredients

• 25 ml lemon juice
• 0.5 egg white (see tip, below)
• 0.75 tbsp sugar syrup, or to taste
• ice cubes
• 1 lemon slice and 1 cocktail cherry, to serve
• 1 tsp Assam tea leaves
• 0.25 tsp vanilla extract

Steps

1. First, make the infusion. Tip the tea leaves into a heatproof teapot or jug and pour over 150ml boiled water from the kettle. Immediately strain through a fine mesh sieve into a second heatproof jug, discarding the tea leaves, so the tea doesn’t become too strong. Add the vanilla and leave to cool.
2. Pour 50ml of the cooled tea infusion into a cocktail shaker, then add the lemon juice, egg white, sugar syrup and a handful of ice. Shake until the outside of the shaker feels very cold.
3. Strain the mocktail into an ice-filled tumbler, then garnish with a slice of lemon and a cocktail cherry to serve.