Verbena
Tequila
Look no further for excitement than the Verbena. Its X-factor ingredient, the Szechuan button, is a tiny flower with palate-altering powers. It creates numbing, tingling sensations on the tongue, and changes the way we taste flavors. Sometimes, all you need is a change of perspective.
Ingredients
- 6 lemon verbena leaves
- 1 ounce ginger syrup
- 1 1/2 ounces blanco tequila
- 3 ounces yuzu-calamansi sour mix
- Garnish: Szechuan button
Preparation
- Add the lemon verbena leaves and ginger syrup into a cocktail shaker and gently muddle the leaves.
- Add the blanco tequila and yuzu-calamansi sour mix into the shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
- Strain into a double rocks glass filled with fresh ice.
- Garnish with a Szechuan button.
