Green Monk Cocktail
By: One Martini
A beautiful combination of gin, lemon juice, and a homemade ginger honey syrup mixed with Aiya Matcha. It brings the flavors of fall and winter that we love along with the health benefits of Matcha.
Green Monk Cocktail
SERVINGS: 1
TIME: 0 hrs, 15min
CATEGORY: Cocktails
INGREDIENTS
- • 1 ½ oz gin
- • ¾ oz ginger honey syrup
- • ½ oz fresh squeezed Meyer lemon juice
- • ¼ oz green Chartreuse
- • 2 ½ oz Aiya Culinary Grade Matcha, whisked and cooled
- • Soda water to top off
- • 3 pcs candied ginger on a skewer, for garnish
DIRECTIONS
- Cocktail
- 1. Add gin, ginger honey syrup, Meyer lemon juice and green chartreuse to a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake.
- 2. Whisk about ½ tsp Matcha in 2 ½ oz hot water and allow to cool.
- 3. Fill a highball glass with ice and pour in cooled Matcha.
- 4. Strain the contents of the cocktail shaker into the highball glass.
- 5. Top with soda water.
- 6. Garnish with candied ginger on a skewer and enjoy!
- Ginger Honey Syrup
- 1. Combine ½ cup honey, ⅓ cup water, ¼ vanilla bean sliced open, 1 orange peel and 1 Tbsp grated ginger in a small saucepan.
- 2. Heat on medium-low, stirring to dissolve the honey.
- 3. Let simmer 15 minutes, remove from heat, let cool and strain into a glass bottle.
- 4. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
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