Vanilla (100 ml)

The always fresh tahiti-vanila, sometimes also called spicy vanilla, is used for the production of this bitters.

As opposed to Bob's Abbotts' Bitters, where vanilla also plays a role, cloves and cinnamon are used here in small quantities.

 

ROOIBOS ICED TEA COCKTAIL

60ml (2 oz) cachaca
60ml (2 oz) rooibos tea
15ml (0.5 oz) fresh lime juice
22ml (0.75 oz) honey
1 tsp orgeat
dash Bob`s vanilla bitters
dash Bob´s cardamom bitters
vanilla bean
3  lime quarters.

Method: Split the vanilla bean and scrape out all the seeds you can and add to shaker. Save the bean for garnish. Add to shaker: cachaca, rooibos tea, bitters, lime juice, orgeat and honey (melted to liquid) Shake over ice and strain into a glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with lime quarters in the glass and the vanilla bean. The cardamom flavor mixes well with the cachaca while the vanilla flavor, honey and tea makes for a mellow background. The amount of honey and orgeat may be adjusted to your taste.