Blue Moon Cocktail (Dale DeGroff's recipe)

Blue Moon Cocktail (Dale DeGroff's recipe) image
Serve in
a Coupe glass...
1 fresh Blueberries
2 shot Ketel One Vodka BUY
1 spoon Oolong tea
½ shot St Germain Elderflower Liqueur BUY
¾ shot Freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ shot Agave syrup
1 fresh Sage leaves
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How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE blueberry in base of shaker (just to break skin). ADD vodka and one heaped spoon of oolong tea and stir in base of shaker for 60 seconds (or better still, leave to steep for ten minutes). Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Sage leaf & blueberry

Comment:

A hint of blueberry fruit with oolong tea, elderflower, sage and lemon.

Origin:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2010 by Dale DeGroff, New York, USA. Blue moon is an astronomical term for the second of two full moons to occur in the same calendar month.

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