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Spiced Chai with Bourbon

Let’s figure out what we can put WHISKEY in.  Woo!

There are some things I’ve never understood.  Including: Why do coffee shops close so early?  Kicking back with a friend, a hot beverage and maybe a baked good should not be an exclusively “daytime” activity.  Do baristas just get tired early?  Are they THAT committed to watching American Idol or whatever?  I don’t know.

Not to mention that I personally love a hot caffeinated beverage combined with some sort of spirited liquid.  I don’t want to have to engage in Day Drinking (a sport I have much respect but rarely the fortitude for) to do this.  Seriously, coffeehouses: all you have to do is stay open later and procure a small bar of delicious boozy additives.

Caffeine and alcohol seems like the perfect balance, but perhaps speedballing ruined the whole concept.  Thanks a lot, DRUGS.  This is why we can’t have nice things, like the fun kind of NyQuil.

Aaanyway.

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Iced Tea for Alcoholics (or Bourbon Sweet Tea Cocktails)

There I go with the inappropriate joking again.  Somebody stop me!  Or encourage me…  I’m needy like that.

This isn’t about me, though.  This is about a light, refreshing, delicious and fresh-tasting summer drink.

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