Earl Grey Champagne Spritzer - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
2 earl grey tea bags
10 ounces champagne, very cold
2 thin lemon slices

Preparation

Dissolve the sugar in 1 cup water and bring to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce the heat to low and cook until the mixture turns syrupy, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Place the tea bags in the saucepan and let the mixture come to room temperature. Refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours. (Syrup will keep up to one month stored in the refrigerator in a container with a tight fitting lid.).
Spoon 3 tablespoons of the cold Earl Grey simple syrup into each Champagne flute. Garnish with a thin slice of lemon.
Carefully pour 5 ounces of champagne or wine into each flute.