About a year ago I was hanging out at local liquor store when I saw the above beverage. Zen, the green tea liqueur. I think it's kind of interesting how they're trying to turn green tea into the new vanilla. You know, adding the flavor into just about everything they can. Anyway it piqued my interest. I enjoy alcohol, and I enjoy green tea. And in such a pretty bottle. How can I lose? Still at $30 a bottle it was a bit much for me to experiment with.
One year later I'm back at that same liquor store when I see the bottles of Zen at the check-out counter this time. . . and for only $6. Well now this is a deal! How can I refuse? I should have though. I mean, when something gets reduced in price by 80%, that's generally a sign that it's bad and nobody likes it, but I'm afraid I just didn't get it. It's that same obliviousness that more or less prevents me from knowing when a woman is flirting with me.
Getting back to the drink though. It's quite nasty. It tastes like a cross between cough medicine and green tea ice cream. I tried it two different ways; over ice and with tonic water (one of the suggested methods), and both were just plain, old fashioned, kick in the crotch bad.
Since the initial experiments I've tried it a few other ways and they've all failed. Many claim that it's a good replacement for drinks that use Jager or any kind of herb-flavored alcohols. These people must all be alcoholics because so long as you can taste the Zen, the drink is doomed.
The Zen website (http://www.zenliqueur.com/) offers a couple other drink ideas and recipes that sound like they could be good, and it's such a good looking site I'm inclined to believe that one of these drinks will work. Once I find that recipe I shall let all of you know. Or perhaps more appropriately, IF I find that drink. . .
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