{"id":835,"date":"2009-10-22T22:41:38","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T03:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/?p=835"},"modified":"2021-05-08T01:10:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T05:10:40","slug":"mint-flavored-firefly-sweet-tea-vodka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/mint-flavored-firefly-sweet-tea-vodka\/","title":{"rendered":"Mint Flavored Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-14.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-14.png 573w, https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-14-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I\u2019ve never really been a fan of mint in general because with most mint-flavored affairs the only thing you taste is the mint. I don\u2019t even like those little mints they leave on your pillows at hotels. My utter disdain for mint made me extremely skeptical of Firefly Vodka\u2019s mint-flavored sweet tea vodka.<br \/><br \/>I fully expected the mint to completely overpower the sweet tea flavor of the vodka leaving me with something that resembled the bastard child of a Mint Julep and a Mojito. Not wanting to throw another variable into the experiment I strayed away from my normal <strong><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/firefly-vodka-drink-recipes-firefly-spiked-arnold-palmer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spiked Arnold Palmer<\/a> <\/strong>of half Simply Lemonade and half Firefly and opted to replace the lemonade with plain water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/firefly-vodka-drink-recipes-firefly-spiked-arnold-palmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"79\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-22.png\" alt=\"Picture 2\" class=\"wp-image-842\" title=\"Picture 2\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I was very surprised to find that the folks at Firefly had opted to hold back on the mint so it didn\u2019t seem as if I had shoved a mint candy cane up my nose. To the contrary, the aroma was present, but not overpowering, and the was really no initial mint taste. Instead, it left a nice clean after taste. One could describe it as being a little more of a mature and sophisticated drinking experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After playing with my mixers a little more I found the best combination was to use crushed ice with half Simply Lemonade and half Mint Firefly Vodka. You get the great sweet tea taste with a fresh minty after taste that actually clears your head quite nicely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the <strong><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/raspberry-flavored-firefly-sweet-tea-vodka\/#more-749\" target=\"_blank\">raspberry-flavored version<\/a><\/strong>, this flavor is perfect for after dinner or just lounging around on the back porch. And as with the original Firefly Vodka and the raspberry flavor, the mint definitely has a place in my cabinet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now I\u2019ve never really been a fan of mint in general because with most mint-flavored affairs the only thing you taste is the mint. I don\u2019t even like those little mints they leave on your pillows at hotels. My utter disdain for mint made me extremely skeptical of Firefly Vodka\u2019s mint-flavored sweet tea vodka. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,14],"tags":[45,101,87],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-14.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-14.png","author_info":{"display_name":"James","author_link":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/author\/james\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}