Sugar & Tea & Rum![]() "Soon May the Wellerman Come" aka "The Wellerman" is a sea shanty originating from New Zealand which has had a recent resurgence in popularity this year thanks to a video of the song which sparked a TikTok sea shanty trend. You can read more about the song here. As the chorus includes the lyrics "soon may the Wellerman come, to bring us sugar and tea and rum," I couldn't help but be inspired to create a cocktail in honor of this shanty. What was a vague inkling transitioned quickly to a need to craft my own "sugar and tea and rum" cocktail when I saw artist Nikki Dee Miller's design (pictured here; click on the picture for a link to her merch featuring this design). Keep reading below for the full recipe for my take on The Wellerman. A Sea Shanty-Inspired Gunpowder Green Tea DaiquiriWhile there are many ways that a mixologist could combine the basic ingredients of sugar and tea and rum to great effect, I decided to run with a riff on the classic daiquiri cocktail. A standard daiquiri consists of rum, lime, and sugar. The inclusion of a citrus element feels more than fitting to me (have to stave of scurvy, after all!), and the only thing missing then is the tea. When selecting a tea, I was immediately drawn to gunpowder green tea; green tea is less likely to drown out the delicate flavors of the white rum and citrus, and a gunpowder blend both brings to mind the pistols and cannons of a ship at sea, and adds a lovely hint of smoke to the drink. To enhance the flavor and also hint at the salt which would certainly infuse everything on a ship at sea, I added some saline to the mix. How to make your own Wellerman
*To make an easy gunpowder green tea simple syrup:
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Bruce Magee
5/15/2022 03:27:42 pm
So how was it?
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Elizabeth Wilcox
5/17/2022 12:48:15 pm
I loved it! I'm a fan of a good, crisp daquiri to begin with, and the addition of a nice light smoky-green tea touch with the gunpowder green tea syrup was really nice.
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