Rooibos Umami Martini

Gin infused with rooibos tea and umami-rich dried mushroom stirred with dry vermouth — the mushroom vanishes into the gin's botanicals, leaving only an inexplicable savory depth that you taste but cannot name.

Served in a martini glass · Garnish: Lemon twist, dried porcini slice · Difficulty: hard

Ingredients

• 2.5 oz Rooibos & Dried Porcini-Infused Gin
• 0.5 oz Dry Vermouth
• 2 dashes Orange Bitters

Instructions

1. To infuse: steep 2 tbsp rooibos and 1 small dried porcini in 16 oz gin for 2 hours; strain through coffee filter.
2. Stir infused gin, vermouth, and bitters over ice for 40 seconds.
3. Strain into a frozen martini glass.
4. Garnish with a lemon twist and a single dried porcini mushroom slice on a pick.

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