Name: Word by Word
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 5 fresh Mint leaves; 30 ml Reposado tequila; 20 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice

Ingredients

5 fresh

Mint leaves

1 fl oz

Reposado tequila (100% agave)

²⁄₃ fl oz

Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare mint leaf for garnish.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with mint leaf.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

18.6 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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trendomexico Premium Member 11w

The herbal is amazing in flavor, almost going into the tea and forgetting the tequila. Is very sweet from the liquors, and you didn't perceived the gentian that sometimes is like a stallion dominating the scene -nothing else can be perceived. Is cute, maybe I will not do it ever, but cute.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 22w

Especially liking how not sweet and refreshingly minty this is.

Cassandra Adams Premium Member 25w

Just checking: 5 mint leaves, but garnish with "mint leaf". Taken literally this suggests shaking with the four remaining leaves, but perhaps I am being too literal?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 25w

SHAKE with 5 mint leaves and garnish with a sixth mint leaf.

Cassandra Adams Premium Member 25w

Ah, so I was being dim rather than literal. Thanks!

Louise Allen 1y

This is a far more delicate and refreshing drink than the ingredients may suggest. Superbly balanced and dangerously drinkable.

Mariusz Twardowski 4y

I have made this with both Suze and Aveze, and the latter is distinctly superior.

Peter Shaw Premium Member 4y

I've only just got a bottle of "this" Chartreuse (is there an abbreviation you can use? C de M?) so this cocktail is a good start to dial things up (or down) to get what suits you. Less Suze for sure in Take 2.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 4y

For my taste it is one of the weaker last word variations, the Suze is a bit too dominant. In my opinion Suze is a bit like lovage or truffles in the kitchen. It is great, but really difficult to find the amount which not dominates everything.