Ingredients

  • 1 cupgreen tea(brewed and cooled)
  • 1 cupBatavia arrack(or aged rum substitute)
  • 1 cupJamaican rum
  • ½ cupcognac
  • 1 cuppineapple juice(fresh if possible)
  • ¾ cupfresh lemon juice
  • ½ cupsimple syrup
  • 1 bottleChampagne(added before serving)
  • 🍋pineapple slices, lemon wheels(garnish)

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Instructions

  1. Combine tea, arrack, rum, cognac, pineapple juice, lemon juice, and simple syrup
  2. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours
  3. Pour into punch bowl over block ice
  4. Add chilled Champagne just before serving
  5. Garnish with pineapple slices and lemon wheels
  6. Serve in punch cups

📜 History

Regents Punch was named for George, Prince Regent, who ruled Britain from 1811-1820 before becoming King George IV. The prince was known for his lavish entertaining and appreciation of fine food and drink. This punch features arrack, a spirit distilled from fermented palm sap or sugarcane popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. The addition of Champagne and pineapple made it a symbol of aristocratic excess during the Regency period.