The “Navy Island Iced Tea”


Image by djwtwo
Another of the cocktails I came up with using this year’s spiced syrup. I call it the “Navy Island Iced Tea”: it’s a play on a Long Island Iced Tea with the ginger-lime, Jamaican-inspired syrup in place of simple syrup (Navy Island is a small island just off Jamaica). This is potent punch, but hardly tastes of alcohol.

To mix one up, combine equal parts Fiona’s Fancy Ginger & Lime Syrup, lime juice, triple sec, rum, tequila, gin, and vodka in a shaker and shake it up. Pour into a tall glass with some ice, add a splash of Coca-Cola for color, and garnish with some lime.

More experimental lighting, too. This was shot in a homemade softbox, remote-triggered flash to the right of the scene, with a backdrop of not-quite-black posterboard, and a small flashlight behind the glass to punch the drink up a little.