Crystal Clear Milk Punch

Ingredients

• 3 cups brewed black tea
• 3 cups fresh lemon juice
• 3 cups fresh orange juice
• 1 cup simple syrup
• 1 cup vodka
• 3 cups whole milk
• 2 ounces milk punch
• 1 ½ ounces vodka

Steps

1. Combine tea, lemon juice, orange juice, simple syrup, and vodka in a large pitcher.
2. Bring milk to a bare simmer in a medium saucepan. Immediately pour milk into vodka mixture (milk will curdle right away). Cover and chill at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.
3. Strain mixture through a fine-mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth into a large bowl. Cover and chill until cold (any remaining curds should settle at the bottom of the pitcher).
4. Carefully ladle clarified punch into a clean pitcher, leaving any remaining curds behind. Chill until ready to serve.
5. Punch base can be made 1 week ahead. Keep chilled.
6. For each cocktails, combine vodka and 2 oz. milk punch base in a cocktail shaker and fill shaker with ice. Shake until outside of shaker is frosty, about 30 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.