Earl Grey Martini - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 teaspoon Earl Grey tea leaves
    2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers gin
    white sugar, for rimming
    1 wedge lemon
    1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger fresh lemon juice
    2 fluid ounces simple syrup
Preparation
    Sprinkle the tea leaves over the gin in a small glass, and set aside to steep for 2 hours.
    Pour 1/4 to 1/2 inch of white sugar onto a small, shallow plate. Moisten the rims of 2 martini glasses with a wedge of lemon, dip the moistened glasses into the sugar; set aside.
    Strain the infused gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker over ice. Cover, and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into the rimmed glasses to serve.

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