Here’s to our makers, shaking things up that will blow your mind. Our talented mixologists have collaborated with the popular Old Town Spice & Tea Merchants shop to create refreshing summer cocktails. You can enjoy these drinks at participating restaurants and speakeasies. You can also purchase your favorite cocktail blend packets and become your own mixologist. Learn how to make delicious drinks that will impress your friends.

1909

Hibiscus Jetsetter 

• 1.5 Empress Gin infused with dried hibiscus from Old Town Spice & Tea Merchants
• .5 oz lemon
• .5 oz simple syrup
• .5 oz Luxardo Maraschino

Topped with egg whites and rimmed with Rose Sugar from Old Town Spice & Tea Merchants

Falkner Winery

Summer Buzz

• 2oz Empress Gin
• 1oz Chamomile Simple syrup
• 2oz Lemon Juice
• Fresh strawberries

In a shaker, muddle 2 strawberries and combine all ingredients. Add ice & shake vigorously. Serve over ice in a wine glass garnished with thinly sliced strawberries along the walls of glass. Garnish edible chamomile flowers.

Chamomile simple syrup: *Steep Old Town Spice & Tea Merchants chamomile loose leaf tea in a jar with hot water, add sugar & stir until the sugar dissolves and let it rest over night.

Baily's Old Town

Summer Shandy

Raspberry Rose Syrup (1oz)

• ⅔ Raspberry sugar
• ⅓ Regular Sugar
• Hot water
• Rose petals (Steeped in for min 5 mins)

Lime Juice (.5oz)

Ketel One Grapefruit Rose Vodka (1.25oz)

Avensole Winery

The Notorious F.I.G.

Indulge in the rich flavors of our The Notorious F.I.G bourbon and fig cocktail

• Basil Hayden Bourbon 1.5 ounce
• Fig Berry Loose Tea 0.5 ounce
• Fig syrup ¼ ounce
• Honey ½ ounce
• Lemon juice 0.75 ounce
• Aperol 0.5 ounce
• Black walnut bitters – couple of dashes
• Dried lemon slice, for garnish

In a cocktail shaker combine ingredients and shake. Pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with dried lemon. 

South Coast Winery Resort & Spa

Take Your Thyme

• 1 oz freshly squeezed Meyer Lemon juice
• 1 oz Meyer Lemon Vodka
• ¾ oz lemon thyme simple syrup
• 2 cups Blueberries
• 1 oz Blueberry-infused Gin
• 1 ½ oz Blueberry Pomegranate Tea from the Old Town Spice & Tea Merchants
• ½ St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
• Thyme

Put lemon dry-style gin and 2 cups of blueberries into a vacuum seal bag and remove any air. Crush the blueberries and sous vide at 110 degrees. Remove and double strain. Create lemon-thyme simple syrup and blueberry simple syrup. Brew the Blueberry Pomegranate Green Tea and chill until cool. Pour ¾ oz lemon thyme syrup, ¼ oz blueberries, 1 ½ oz cold brew Blueberry Pomegranate Green Tea, 1 oz Meyer Lemon Vodka, 1 oz blueberry-infused gin, and ½ oz St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur into a shaker. Shake and strain into a high ball glass. Top with ice and garnish with a lemon slice, sprig of thyme, and blueberry.

E.A.T. Marketplace

Rose Cherry Limeade Crush

• Club soda 5 oz
• Agave wine (Tequila) 1.5 oz
• Lime juice .5 oz
• Lemon juice .5 oz
• Simple syrup 30 grams
• Rose syrup (made from Rose petals from Old Town Spice & Tea Merchants) 20 grams
• Macerated cherries .5 oz

Apparition Room

Tunnel Vision

• 1 1/2oz Island Guava Mango Tea Infused Gin**
• 3/4oz Dolin Blanc
• 1/4oz Aquavit
• 1/4oz Amaro Nonino
• 1/4oz Campari
• 1 dash Angostura Bitters
• 1 dash Orange Bitters

Combine ingredients over ice and stir. Strain over large ice cube and express orange peel.

**Place 3 tbsp of Old Town Spice Shop's Island Guava Mango Tea in 750ml bottle of gin. let sit for 4 hours, strain.

Devilicious Eatery

Sunset Strolls

• Vanilla Vodka, Orange Passion Fruit Tea, Vermouth, Triple Sec
• Recipe:
• 2oz Orange Passion Fruit Tea infused Vanilla Vodka**
• 1/2oz Dolin Blanc Vermouth
• 1/2oz Triple Sec

Stir with ice until chilled. Strain into coupe glass and garnish with edible flower.

**Put 3 tbsp of Old Town Spice & Tea Merchants' Orange Passion Fruit Tea into 750ml bottle of vanilla vodka along with peel of an orange. let sit for 4 hours, strain.

Espadin

STREET JOY

• 2oz Blanco Tequila
• 1oz Melon Apple Beet Root Tea
• .75oz Lime
• 6 Mint Leaves
• Top with Topo Chico

Crush & Brew

Righteous Lover

• 2oz Vodka
• 1oz Strawberry Rhubarb Green Tea
• .75oz Lemon
• .25oz Honey
• 2 Dashes Orange Bitters

Fazeli Cellars

Pink Peppercorn Berry Refresher

• 1.5oz vodka
• 0.5oz pink peppercorn syrup
• 0.5oz lemon juice
• 3 blackberries
• Pinch of pink peppercorns
• Club Soda
• Garnish
• Pink Peppercorns
• Raspberry
• Sprig of Thyme

Muddle blackberries with syrup and lemon, add peppercorns, vodka, and ice. Shake until well chilled.

Strain into a pilsner filled with fresh ice.  

Top off with club soda

Small Barn

Queen Bee

• 1.5 oz Dragon Fruit Infused Gin
• .5 oz Passion Fruit Liqueur 
• .75 oz Honey Infused With Lavender from the Old Town Spice & Tea Merchant
• .75 oz Lemon Juice

Kalaveras

Mi Favorito

• 1 1/2 oz- casa amigos silver 
• 1/4 oz- lime juice 
• 1/4 oz- agave nectar 
• 1 oz- orange juice 
• 1/4 oz- peach snaps 
• Habanero sugar RIM (from Old Town Spice & Tea Merchants) 
• 1 oz- Red Bull 
• Splash of grenadine

Mad Madelines Grill

Guava Lava

Rim the glass with lime juice and a blend of Chili Lime Sea Salt and Mango Habanero Sugar (available from Old Town Spice Merchant). 
In a cocktail shaker combine ingredients with ice and and shake. Pour into the chilled cocktail glass. 

• 1½ oz Blanco Tequila 
• 1½ oz Guava Puree Infused Syrup 
• ½ oz Lime juice 

Top with Ginger Beer and garnish with lime. 

Bottega Italia

Lemon Lavender Summer Gin Spritz

• 1oz Empress 1908 Gin 
• 0.5oz simple syrup (infused with dried culinary lavender and pink peppercorn) 
• 0.5oz fresh lemon juice 
• Sparkling water 

  Instructions: Fill a cocktail shaker and four glasses with crushed ice. Add the gin, simple syrup, and lemon juice to the shaker and shake for 10 seconds. Strain the mixture evenly into the prepared glasses and top with sparkling water. Garnish with lemon slices and a sprig of fresh lavender. Serve immediately. 

The Gambling Cowboy

Blue Butterfly Martini

• Muddled Fresh Blueberries in
• .5 oz Blue Butterfly Pea Flower Simple Syrup (Old Town Spice & Tea Merchants)
• 1.5 oz Blueberri Stoli Vodka
• .5 oz Triple Sec
• .5 Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice

Shake with ice in a shaker tin, strain and pour into a sugar rimmed martini glass, and garnish with a lemon twist.

Murrieta Day Spa

French Bun 555

• 3 3/4 Oz Wilson Creek Brut Sparkling Wine
• 1 Oz Hibiscus Infused Tanqueray
• 1/8 Oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• 1/8 Oz St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
• Served Chilled

The Cellar at Ponte Vineyard Inn

Dragon Punch

• 1 oz dragon fruit tea syrup*
• 1.5 oz rum
• .5 oz lime juice
• .5 Triple Sec
• 1 oz orange juice

Combine ingredients over ice in a shaker tin. Shake well, strain, and pour into a sugar-rimmed rocks glass over ice. Garnish with chili lime sea salt and fresh mint.

*To make the syrup, steep 1 oz of dragon fruit tea with 1 oz sugar in 32oz hot water. Refrigerate for 24 hours. 

The Cellar at Ponte Vineyard Inn

Oasis

• .5 oz Orange passion fruit tea infused syrup*
• 1.5 oz Vodka
• .75 oz Blood orange syrup
• .5 Agave

Combine ingredients over ice in a shaker tin. Shake well, strain, and pour into a martini glass. Garnish with a slice of orange and fresh mint.

*To make the syrup, steep 1 oz of orange passion fruit tea with 1 oz sugar in 32oz hot water. Refrigerate for 24 hours.

The Cellar at Ponte Vineyard Inn

Pineapple Creamsicle

• .75 oz Pineapple sorbet tea infused syrup*
• 1.5 oz Vanilla Vodka
• 1 oz Orange juice
• 1 Whipped cream

Combine ingredients over ice in a shaker tin. Shake well, strain, and pour into a rocks glass over ice. 

*To make the syrup, steep 1 oz of pineapple sorbet tea and 1 oz sugar in 32oz hot water. Refrigerate for 24 hours.

Corbeaux Wine & Tea House

Matcha Do About Melon

This summer cocktail harnesses the flavors of melon, lime, and match to create the perfect refresher for any hot day.

• 2 oz "One in a Melon" tea
• 1 oz Matcha lime cordial
• 1 oz Simple syrup
• 3 oz white wine