Name: Edison's Medicine cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 6 Basil leaves; 45 ml Cachaça; 15 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Agave syrup; 10 ml Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Ingredients:
6 fresh	Basil leaves
1 1/2 fl oz	Cachaça
1/2 fl oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Agave syrup
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of basil leaf.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Float basil leaf boat for garnish.

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Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Cachaça leads with basil and Chartreuse herbal notes, zesty lime and agave richness.

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History:

Adapted from a 2011 recipe created by Pete Gugni at The Bedford in Chicago, Illinois.

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
16.42% alc./vol. (32.84° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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