# Earl Grey Highball

This is a crushable and batchable cocktail inspired by the whiskey soda, made with gin infused with Earl Grey tea and clarified with milk.

- Cuisine: British
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 150 ml dry gin
- 4 g Earl Grey tea bag, or loose leaf
- 50 ml lemon juice
- 75 ml milk
- 50 ml gin
- 100 g sugar
- 2 g citric acid
- 0.8 g lactic acid
- 0.5 ml vanilla extract
- soda
- lemon peel

## Instructions

1. Combine 150 ml gin with 4 g Earl Grey tea and steep for 2 hours.
2. Remove the tea, then add 50 ml lemon juice to the gin.
3. In a separate vessel, add milk.
4. Pour the gin and lemon mix into the milk and allow it to curdle for about 20 minutes.
5. Pour the curdled mix through a coffee filter.
6. Once the liquid runs clear, place the filter on top of a different vessel, then add the contents of the first vessel (cloudy mix) back into the filter.
7. After clarification, add 50 ml gin, sugar, citric acid, vanilla extract, and lactic acid (if using), and stir until dissolved.
8. Reserve the mixture in the fridge until ready to use.
9. To serve, pour about 2 oz of the Earl Grey milk punch into a highball glass with ice.
10. Top it off with soda and give it a quick stir to incorporate.
11. Garnish with a lemon peel.

## Equipment

- separate vessel
- coffee filter
- highball glass

## Tips

- To strip out bitterness, clarify the gin infused tea with milk.
- The liquid will run cloudy, then clear; once clear, swap vessels and pour the cloudy filtered mix back into the filter.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUyLydqATbG/?igsh=MXZhaGd3MGJvaXJ4bw==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/22acdcab-f5c9-4a06-a0b9-a42e862d9909
- Extracted: 2026-02-16

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