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Havana Garden

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Sunlit and herbaceous, like a mint-cool breeze cutting through ripe tropical heat on a slow afternoon.


Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 oz Rum
  • 3/4 oz Lime juice
  • 1/2 oz Simple syrup
  • 1/4 oz Pastis
  • 8 leaves Fresh mint
  • 4 leaves Fresh basil

Method

  1. 11. Gently clap the mint and basil leaves between your palms and drop them into the shaker.
  2. 22. Add lime juice and simple syrup, then lightly muddle the herbs — just enough to bruise, not shred.
  3. 33. Add rum and pastis, then fill the shaker with ice.
  4. 44. Shake hard for 10 seconds.
  5. 55. Double-strain into a chilled highball glass filled with crushed ice.
  6. 66. Top with a light spray of pastis if desired and serve immediately.

PRO TIP

Use a white agricole rum rather than a molasses-based rum — its grassy, vegetal character harmonises with the herbs instead of competing with them.

Garnish — mint sprig and basil leaf bouquet


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