Elixir
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Ingredients
7 fresh Mint leaves
1 1/2 oz Chartreuse Green
1 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
3/4 oz Lime juice
Top up with Soda water
How to make
Serve in a collins glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish of mint sprigs.
Method
- 3 Gently MUDDLE mint in base of shaker (just to bruise).
- 4 Add next 3 ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
- 5 FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
- 6 TOP with soda and briefly stir.
Garnish
- 7 Serve with a straw.
History
A refreshing summer cooler with mint and herbs.
Gian Franco Pola created this drink in 2003 for Capannina in Cremona and Coconuts in Rimini, Italy.
Created by Gian Franco Pola