Do not collapse the 18–24-hour and 20-minute jalapeño recipes into one universal timing rule. Pepper variability and sensory endpoint matter. The book's room-temperature vermouth storage claim is not endorsed; the syrup/infusion record must preserve its own method and limits.
Simonson2021, Hibiscus tonic and tequila/vermouth infusions; supplied PDF ordinals 179–180. Full book reviewed; source paraphrase, not quotation.
The two jalapeño-tequila methods use different pepper loads, cuts, base quantities and radically different contact times, with tasting to judge the endpoint. Hibiscus tonic is a short infusion for immediate service. Lapsang souchong is infused into a named vermouth.
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The two jalapeño-tequila methods use different pepper loads, cuts, base quantities and radically different contact times, with tasting to judge the endpoint. Hibiscus tonic is a short infusion for immediate service. Lapsang souchong is infused into a named vermouth.
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Do not collapse the 18–24-hour and 20-minute jalapeño recipes into one universal timing rule. Pepper variability and sensory endpoint matter. The book's room-temperature vermouth storage claim is not endorsed; the syrup/infusion record must preserve its own method and limits.
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