Note: I was sent a bottle of Black Button Distilling’s Bespoke Bourbon Cream in order to write this post. Opinions are mine alone.
If you’re a fan of creamy cocktails, I have the perfect cocktail to share with you today! The team at Black Button Distilling sent me a recipe for a Maple Chai Latte Cocktail that sounded so tasty I knew I had to pass it along.
Black Button Distilling, based out of Rochester, NY, was actually Rochester’s first grain-to-glass distillery since prohibition when it was established in 2012. The cocktail is made with Black Button Distilling’s Bespoke Bourbon Cream, which combines their hand finished bourbon and local farm fresh New York State cream — it’s similar to Irish Cream but the bourbon brings a different (and delicious!) flavor profile.
This Maple Chai Latte plays up the vanilla and caramel notes in the Bourbon Cream with the addition of maple syrup, a chai simple syrup, and coffee liqueur.
You can buy chai simple syrup (paid link), but I’ve included a recipe below in case you want to make your own at home, like I did.
Ingredients (serves 2):
- ice
- 3 oz Bespoke Bourbon Cream
- 4 oz coffee liqueur
- 1 oz Chai simple syrup (recipe below)
- 1 oz maple syrup (I used a bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup to really up the flavor!)
- coffee beans, for garnish, if desired
- star anise, for garnish, if desired
Chai Simple Syrup ingredients:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 12 green cardamom pods
- 12 black peppercorns
- 12 whole cloves
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 3 star anise
- 3 tablespoons fresh ginger, chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract