Mint Herb in Cocktails

• Tasting Notes:
  Spearmint is mellow and refreshing, with a sweet sharp, pleasantly pungent flavour backed by hints of lemon. Peppermint has pronounced menthol notes and a fiery bite, yet is also slightly sweet, tangy, and spicy with a fresh cool aftertaste.
• Other Mint Varieties:
  Moroccan mint, Bowles mint, Apple mint, Chocolate mint, Black peppermint, Mountain mint, Pineapple mint, Basil mint, Tashkent mint, Corn mint, Grapefruit mint, Ginger mint, Pennyroyal, Lemon mint, Lime mint
• Combines well with:
  limes, lemons and another fruits, basil, pepper, chocolate , ginger, eucalyptus
• Cocktails Using Mint:
  Mojito, Mint Julep
• Cocktail Recipe: Koala Mojito
  Glass: Collins
  Ingredients:
  • 8 Mint leaves
  • 25ml Eucalyptus Syrup
  • 25ml Lime juice
  • 50ml Mount Gay Rum
  • Splash of soda
  Method: Muddle the leafs with the syrup add the lime juice, stir, add the rum, add the crushed ice, stir, add a splash of soda.
  Garnish: with eucalyptus leaves

Source and cocktail created by: Humberto Marques

More Mint Cocktails:

• 56 Julep
• Atone-mint
• Bayou Slime
• Beautiful Boat
• Big Brew
• Brandy Smash
• Chadwick
• Chi-Town Caipirinha
• Communitini
• Crafty Maestro
• Dolomint
• Dreaming of Zen
• El Vocho (shooter)
• French Pearl
• Ginger Tea
• Global Warmer
• Good Luck Charm
• Iguana
• It's About That Time
• Katinka
• Kiwi Mango Mint
• London Cup
• Madison Avenue
• Manhattan 101
• Organic Sensation
• Pineapple Mojito
• Proost
• Razzie Jazzie
• Revolutionary Rum
• Rosy Rum Cosmo
• Royal Smash
• Soho
• Sparkling Shamrock
• Sundowner (non-alcoholic)
• Tully 10 Cider
• Voodoo Priestess
• Whiskey Smash
• White Peach Julep

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