Tea-time cocktails

As tea gets trendy, it only makes sense that it would form the base for a new breed of cocktail. A monthly Internet meme — Mixology Monday — focused on tea as the central ingredient and sent out the call for cocktails. What follows are some of the tastiest-sounding entries collected at The Cocktail Virgin Slut.

I tried to focus on those that used what’s in season and might require you to purchase only a few ingredients. The O-T cocktail is a great example of that — vodka, simple syrup, blood orange and gingered tea syrup.