The alpine skiing slopes are famous all over the world.
Why?
Mostly because of the warming and tipsy making hot beverages, such as the common Glühwein and also the Jagatee.
Picture this!
You and a group of friends are skiing, having a blast on the slopes at around 1500 m altitude, and after some time you decide to take a break in an inn.
The mountain peaks are covered with snow, the air is chilled and hard to breathe, its time to warm up those bones from inside!
At the Lounge of the inn, its space is warmed up by the blazing fireplace.
The sound of wood cracking in the flames and there are a bunch of other guests chatting loudly in all kinds of languages.
You and your people make yourself comfortable and are about to order.
The waitress, dressed in a local Trachten dress, comes over with a big smile ready to take the first orders and suggests a hot warming tea which she calls Jagatee.
No doubt you are all game and end up with the Black boozy tea.
A sip and you can taste a combination of flavors.
How many Jagertees does it take to get you tipsy?
The first thing you will recognize is the Rum and you will swear that some type of spice is included and some black tea, but that’s about it.
You are trying to make out more ingredients, yet you give up quickly and let yourself go.
You and your friends are obviously enjoying it and you order another round, and another.
Chances are you will order the third round and after that you won’t even remember how many more rounds you had ordered
Yes, the Jagatee is smooth, it seems just like any other drink but it will take you into another world, that I can guarantee you!
The “secret” little drink mixture turned you all into tipsy happy people, without that you realized what was happening.
The next day you will try to remember the drinks name but none of you can, it was one hell of a hot alcoholic beverage!
Jagatee means Hunter’s tea and Jaga is the local Tyrolean word for Jäger in German.
My conclusion is that in the old times Hunter’s used to having a Jagatee before going out into the windy and cold wild and taking down some forest animals.
We have a local dark Rum in Austria called Stroh and together with some red wine and local fruit Schnapps, they form the alcoholic base of the drink.
The Jagatee is a well kept Tyrolean and Bavarian recipe and none of the locals there will like to share the recipe.
You will be surprised to know that the Jagatee also includes Oranges.
Today I am willing to share the recipe with the world, but shh don’t tell anyone!
- 600-milliliter water
- 2 Tablespoon Black tea leafs
- 5 Cloves
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- 1 small Orange sliced
- 300 milliliter red Wine
- 60-milliliter dark Rum
- 60-milliliter Schnapps (I used Plum)
- Sugar to your liking
- Add the water to a pot and heat it up. Throw in the tea leafs, cloves, cinnamon stick and orange slices.
- Pour in the Wine, Rum, and Schnapps. Add sugar to your liking and cook it for about 5 minutes.
- Strain the Jagatee before serving it hot!
PolaM says
This tea is soo interesting! I so want to try it!
Eha says
Helene, vielleicht zu Hause ist doch die best?
Helene Dsouza says
zuhause goa? ^.^
wok with ray says
Love the look of that tea especially with rum in it. 🙂
Swati Sapna says
I love the way you took all your readers into another world before revealing the secret drink this post is about 😀 It really made me think of snowy mountains and icy slopes and warm cafes… beautiful! And i can just imagine how wonderful this spicy, boozy sweet tea would be in such weather! Cant wait to try it out… now if only Bombay has cold enough winters!!
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
A wonderful boozy tea…just the right one for the cold weather!
Liz says
What a delicious way to warm up from the inside out! And you reminded me of the fun times skiing with my friends 🙂
kitchenriffs says
What a fun recipe! I’ve heard of hot tea drinks with booze, but have never had one. You make it sound so interesting! And the recipe certainly looks tasty. Good stuff – thanks.
mjskit says
Oh yes – I’ve been there, done that! 🙂 Gotta love those lounges at the bottom of the ski slopes. If someone brought me this drink, I would have a hard time leaving. What a deliciously warming drink! Great spices and an interesting mixture of spirits. Plum schnapps is a new for me. I’m going to have to look that one up. Great post Helene!