Tequila Mockingbird

Serve in a Martini glass...
2	fl oz	Patrón Reposado (orange seal) 100% agave tequila
½	fl oz	De Kuyper Green Crème de Menthe Liqueur
½	fl oz	Freshly squeezed lime juice
⅓	fl oz	Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)

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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Mint leaf

Comment:

Minty tequila.

Variant:

With white créme de menthe instead of green créme de menthe.

About:

Named after Harper Lee's 1960 novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird', this is thought to have been created some time in the 1960s. Genius.

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