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Serves 5

60 mins

Lab22's Endeavour

A unique recipe from Lab 22 in Cardiff

Ingredients

  • 10ml Koko Kanu
  • 20ml Pedro Ximenez
  • 70ml Bulleit Bourbon
  • 75ml cinnamon spice tea*
  • 100ml citric acid solution (7%)
  • 100ml sugar syrup
  • 10 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • 100ml milk mixture (1:1 coconut milk:soy milk)

Yields approx 350ml Endeavour.

*Sourced from independent Cardiff tea house Waterloo Tea

About

Each cocktail in the Lab22 Pioneers + Revolutionaries drinks list is inspired by a scientist. Endeavour is inspired by Mae Jemison, the first black woman to travel in space. Jemison was a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Endeavour, where she conducted experiments in orbit of the earth for 8 days in 1992. Jemison is the only scientist on the menu who is still alive today. She was written many books for children, and was the first real astronaut to appear in Star Trek!

As she was born in Alabama, the cocktail itself was based on an Alabama Lane Cake – a cake made with bourbon, coconut, raisins, and spices. We decided the best way of getting all these flavours into a balanced drink was by making a milk punch. In order to keep the menu vegan friendly, we use a blend of coconut milk and soy milk to split the punch. The resulting drink is light, slightly sweet, has a velvety mouthfeel, and many layers of complexity. To serve the drink, we wanted to pay tribute to Jemison’s career and passion, so we 3D-printed a dry ice holding spaceship-shaped base for the drink, designed to look like a space rocket taking off when water is applied to the dry ice!

Method

The drink

Steep cinnamon spice tea in 20° C water for 20 minutes (1g tea per 100ml water).

Mix with all other ingredients except milk mixture.

Heat up milk until scalding, then pour into a large container.

Slowly pour punch into milk mixture, and set aside for 20 mins.

Pour mixture through muslin cloth to strain our milk curds and clarify.

Bottle and refrigerate.

To Serve

Pour 100ml Endeavour over clear ice in a rocks glass.

Garnish with a 3D-printed spaceship loaded with dry ice.