Monk's Respite Recipe
A light, dry tiki cooler: gin and coconut water flash-blended with lemon, honey and a little Yellow Chartreuse, then lifted with soda.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Old fashioned glass
- ABV: 9%
- Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients
- Gin45 ml (1.5 oz)
- Coconut water90 ml (3 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Honey syrup7.5 ml (0.3 oz)
- Yellow Chartreuse7.5 ml (0.3 oz)
- Soda water30 ml (1 oz)
- Orange bitters1 dash
How to Make It
- Add everything except the soda water to a blender with a scoop of crushed ice.
- Flash-blend for just a few seconds — the ice should stay in pieces.
- Pour unstrained into a double rocks glass and add the soda water.
- Garnish with an edible orchid and a mint sprig.
Garnish
Edible orchid and a mint sprig
The Story
From Smuggler's Cove, Martin Cate's tiki bar in San Francisco; the name nods to the Carthusian monks who make Chartreuse.
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