Name: Grasshopper No. 2
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Crème de menthe (white); 22.5 ml Crème de cacao liqueur (white); 15 ml Mezcal; 7.5 ml Branca Menta; 5 ml Absinthe verte (green); 37.5 ml Double cream / heavy cream; 1 Green food colour gel

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Photographed in an

UB Soho Diamond Old Fashioned 9.5oz

Garnish:

Dust with grated chocolate and add a mint sprigs bouquet. Serve with a straw.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice.

3/4 fl oz	Giffard Menthe Pastille white crème de menthe
3/4 fl oz	Dutch Cacao white crème de cacao
1/2 fl oz	Del Maguey VIDA mezcal
1/4 fl oz	Branca Menta liqueur
1/6 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 1/4 fl oz	Double cream / heavy cream
1 pea	Green food colour gel
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Review:

A mezcal and amaro-influenced riff on the classic Grasshopper.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by Naren Young at Sweet Liberty in Miami, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Grasshopper No. 2 contains 278 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
17.23% alc./vol. (34.46° proof)
19 grams of pure alcohol

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