"No Regrets" Recipe
Ingredients:
2oz. Mighty Leaf "Celebration" tea (steeped and chilled)
¾ oz. blueberry syrup
¾ oz. lemon juice
Pinch of rosemary
3 blueberries for garnish
Method:
1. In a mixing glass, muddle the rosemary in the blueberry syrup
2. Add lemon juice, tea and ice
3. Shake for 10-15 seconds, until chilled
4. Strain through a fine meshed strainer into a chilled cocktail glass
5. Garnish with blueberries
Strawberry and Ginger Cooler Recipe
Ingredients:
2 large strawberries, sliced
½ inch piece ginger, julienned
1 tsp superfine sugar, or to taste (can substitute ¼ oz simple syrup, too)
1 ounce lime juice (juice squeezed from 1 lime)
2 ounces fresh orange juice
Ginger beer, to fill
1 Strawberry, for garnish
Method:
1. In a mixing glass, muddle the strawberries, ginger, and sugar. Add the remaining juices, fill the glass with ice, and shake for 20 to 30 seconds.
2. When ingredients are cold, add a few ounces of ginger beer to the mixing tin and swirl to combine all ingredients.
3. Strain the drink through a julep strainer into an ice filled Collins glass. Top off with extra ginger beer, if necessary, and garnish with the strawberry.
Restaurant information:
Absinthe Brasserie & Bar
398 Hayes Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 551-1590
http://www.absinthe.com
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