{"id":1643,"date":"2013-12-03T20:29:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T20:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2013-12-03T20:44:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T20:44:17","slug":"44-days-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/03\/44-days-required\/","title":{"rendered":"Just 44 days required"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>I have always enjoyed making things for Christmas, either to offer guests or maybe as presents, this year I have a number of liqueurs macerating in jars in the downstairs powder room, it&#8217;s cool and north facing.<br \/>\nThis is one that really intrigued me, I found it on a website http:\/\/www.instructables.com and just had to try it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1644\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5833.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1644\" alt=\"Vodka an Orange and some expresso coffee beans\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5833.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5833.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5833-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vodka an Orange and some expresso coffee beans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is a traditional European aperitif made using an orange, coffee beans, sugar, and grain alcohol (vodka can also be used if you can&#8217;t get grain alcohol)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1645\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5834.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1645\" alt=\"shake everyday till the sugar is dissolved\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5834-210x300.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5834-210x300.jpg 210w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5834.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 85vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">shake everyday till the sugar is dissolved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wash your Orange first. Make 44 holes in the orange and poke a coffee bean in each opening. Then put the orange in a jar.(I&#8217;m using a jar I picked up in my local charity shop for 50p) Fill the jar with 4 cups of grain alcohol\/vodka. Then add your sugar over the top of the alcohol. The original recipe called for 44 sugar cubes but 6 tablespoons of sugar is enough.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1646\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5849.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1646\" alt=\" 22 days to go\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5849-223x300.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5849-223x300.jpg 223w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_5849.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 85vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">22 days to go<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You will need to store it for 44 days in a dark, cool place before removing the orange\/coffeebeans. Be sure to shake it up every once in awhile to ensure the sugar dissolves. Do remember to make a note of the date you started, or make a note on your calendar of when it will be finished.<br \/>\nAfter 44 days, strain the liquid off the orange, decant into bottles, and enjoy chilled.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 44 days, strain the liquid off the orange, decant into bottles, and enjoy chilled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,5,447],"tags":[634,629,633,627,130,635,632,983,628,626,981,630],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1643"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1654,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions\/1654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}