Mujer Verde

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1⁄2 oz Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

The name means 'Green Lady'... and she packs a Chartreuse punch.

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History:

Discovered in 2006 at Absinthe, San Francisco, where 'D Mexican' resurrected this drink from his hometown of Guadalajara.

Nutrition:

One serving of Mujer Verde contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 24.12% alc./vol. (24.12° proof)
  • 19.9 grams of pure alcohol

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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
30th September 2022 at 00:07
Very good cocktail. We used less sugar syrup than in the recipe, but would leave out next time. That will let the flavours of the gin, and chartreuse shine. Great as an aperitif.
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Moxie Green’s Avatar Moxie Green
18th May 2021 at 21:42
Loved it BUT ditch the simple syrup. It’s on the cloying side of sweet otherwise.
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