Epicure
Matcha Inspired Cocktails
The Revamped Martini
To kick off the New Year, we have cocktail recipes
inspired by the trending ingredient for 2014 and
2015 called Matcha. These two hip revamped
Martini's are brought to you by Aiya, one of the
biggest producers and distributors of the versatile
green powder, with the help of OneMartini,
Green Monk
a popular blog. Matcha is a perfect ingredient to
revamp your cold weather cocktails. These recipes
are sure to be delicious for a cold winter's night in.
Divination
SERVES 1
SERVES 1
1 ½oz gin
¾oz ginger honey syrup*
½oz fresh squeezed Meyer lemon juice
¼oz Green Chartreuse
2½oz brewed and cooled Aiya Matcha Green Tea
soda water
3 pieces of candied ginger on a skewer for garnish
1 ½oz London Dry Gin (I used Boodle's)
½oz Matcha green tea infused dry vermouth**
¼oz Salers
1 drop Bitter Truth Creole Bitters
Lemon peel for garnish
Add all ingredients except for garnish to a mixing glass and fill
with ice.
Stir and double strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass.
Garnish with a lemon peel after expressing the oil over drink and
rubbing around the rim of the glass.
Add gin, ginger honey syrup, Meyer lemon juice and Green Chartreuse
to a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake.
Fill a highball glass with ice and pour in cooled Aiya Matcha
Green Tea.
Strain the contents of the cocktail shaker into the highball glass.
Top with soda water.
Garnish with candied ginger on a skewer and enjoy!
o make the atcha green tea infused dry vermouth:
our teaspoon sifted iya ooking rade atcha reen ea owder
into a shallow bowl or mason jar and add tsp hot water. sing a bamboo
matcha whisk or a regular whisk if you don t have the matcha one ,
blend the powder and hot water until it creates a smooth paste.
dd cup dry vermouth and whisk again until thoroughly combined.
Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
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*To make the ginger honey syrup:
ombine cup honey, cup water, vanilla bean sliced open,
orange peel and tbsp grated ginger in a small saucepan. eat
on medium low heat, stirring to dissolve the honey. Let simmer
mins,
remove from heat, let cool and strain into a glass bottle. Store in the
refrigerator until ready to use.
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