Cordial: Chai

This is a scratch-made recipe, with kind assistance from Jael ben Ari. A friend made a chai cordial and I've been wanting to play with tea-based recipes, so I decided to give one a try too:

2 cups Tazo chai mix (black tea based)
2 cups vodka (I used Svedka since I have a demijohn of it at this point)
Simple syrup of 1 cup and 1 cup, just until clear.
1 cup Saint Brendan's Irish Cream (Thank you Jael!)

I initially mixed the Tazo and Vodka and sampled it. It was definitely too strong, so I started with the 1c/1c simple syrup. At that point I felt like it might mellow out and be ok, but it was still strong. After thinking about it for half an hour, I mentioned to Oswyn and Jael that I felt like it was missing a dairy component, since the Tazo mix was originally supposed to be mixed with milk. But what? Almond/soy milk? Non-dairy creamer? What would hold at room temperature. Jael suggested irish cream, potentially Bailey's Vanilla Cinnamon (which sounds like a heck of a combination to go with chai!). I have a bottle of Saint Brendan's, however, as I generally prefer it to Baileys. A cup of that in the mix really seems to balance it out where I want! First I took a small bit of the tazo/vodka and poured it into a bit of the cream to make sure it wouldn't curdle or have another reaction. After a moment I figured it was safe and poured it into the cordial jar.

Let's see how it goes in a month or two. I may need to tweak the syrup and/or the irish cream.