Clarified Vodka Milk Punch

Use 2:1 rich simple syrup for its listed portion.

Prepare the clarified base in advance. Combine 200 ml cold black tea, 200 ml lemon juice, 200 ml orange juice, 60 ml vodka, 30 ml rich sugar syrup and the peels from the juiced citrus. Refrigerate for 12 hours. Put 200 ml whole milk in a separate container and gently pour the infused mixture into it while stirring. Stop stirring once curds form. Chill for at least 2–3 hours, then strain through cheesecloth and filter again through the retained curds or a finer coffee filter until clear. Keep this prepared base chilled.

For one cocktail, stir 50 ml prepared clarified base with 50 ml vodka and 8 cc rich sugar syrup over ice. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over a large fresh ice block.