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Winter Solstice
By RYAN HUME
Tucked inside the Warrenton
Highlands Shopping Plaza near Sta-
ples and Petco, The Uptown Cafe hid
most of its charm during a recent visit
on a brisk autumn afternoon. Inside
there was cheery warmth radiating
off the staff and the reclaimed wood
excavated from a local historic church
and an abandoned steamer.
I asked for a warm drink, and they
did not disappoint.
Ironically, the recipe for the Win-
ter Solstice, current bar manager Jacki
Hoard told me, was forged in the heat
of late summer and was originally an
iced cocktail served in a small rocks
glass. Though the drink is not her rec-
ipe, she still has one or two customers
coming in who ask for the original
chilled version even as the season has
gathered hurricane-strength winds
and enough inches of rain to make
you rethink your inseam.
This beverage is still permutating
behind the bar and at the pour of
each tender. One variation, the Sweet
Tart, substitutes rum for Bulleit Bour-
bon and switches out the apple for
cranberry juice. The constants are chai
plus cinnamon, which invigorates and
soothes each sip like a mulled wine.
In the name of science, I say,
keep the experiments coming: Find
two ounces of either spiced rum or
bourbon and find a perfect cranberry,
apple or cranapple equation plus chai
and cinnamon — and don’t forget
to take at least one swig from the
cinnamon stick as a straw.
Ingredients
2 ounces Captain Mor-
gan’s or another spiced rum
1 bar spoon of brown
sugar (about 1 teaspoon)
Equal parts apple juice
and chai
Cinnamon stick
Orange wheel
Directions
Add apple juice (or cran-
berry juice), chai and sugar
to a cocktail mug and stir
until the sugar dissolves.
Heat until nearly boiling.
The Uptown Cafe accom-
plishes this on the steamer
nozzle of the espresso
machine, but a microwave,
kettle or sauce pot will get
the same result.
Once the liquid is giving
off its winter breath, add the
rum or bourbon, swizzle in the
cinnamon stick and sink the
orange wheel pith-deep onto
the rim. Breathe in to enjoy
the spice emanating off the
steam and breathe out to cool
it down before the first sip.
—Recipe courtesy Lynsi Jewell, assistant
manager, and Jacki Hoard, bar manager,
at The Uptown Cafe, Warrenton
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