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

Ingredients

6 fresh

Basil leaves

1 1/2 fl oz

Cachaça (unaged)

1/2 fl oz

Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)

3/4 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/2 fl oz

Agave syrup (agave nectar)

1/3 fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of basil leaf.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with basil leaf boat floated on cocktail.

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:

19.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Ed Scheel 2w

One of our favs! Especially enjoy this with aged Cachaça

Annechien Premium Member 4w

Lovely flavors. I used génépy liqueur instead of yellow chartreuse and it turned out a bit too sweet.

Bob Calder 5w

Quite tasty. My only comment is that the basil is very subtle. I’m wondering if the basil should be muddled before shaking?

George Jetson 9w

I substituted 1/4 oz Green Chartreuse and 1/4 oz Italicus for the Yellow Chartreuse. I like the bigger herbal hit with less sweetness and a tad more citrusy than when I followed the OG with YC. There needs to be more cocktails that pair GC and Italicus, it's such a match made in heaven. See “Emerald Dream” on the Liber&Co site.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 9w

Thanks, George. I'll be sure to add the Emerald Dream to Difford's Guide.

Justin Aniello 29w

Lovely, fruity from the cachaca with light herbal notes from the chartreuse. Sweet lime and basil in the aftertaste. Liked it at full lime juice which is unusual for me, I generally half lime/lemon though guess the large amount of agave helps offset.

Christopher Jameson 1y

Didn't have any Cachaca, so used Resperado tequila. Very nice indeed similar to a naked and famous, the basil works so well. Delicious 😋

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 50w

We prefer this with Tequila which, for us, in a dance with Yellow Chartreuse is a match made in heaven.

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

Honestly, a fantastic cocktail. I like to serve my cocktails dumped, rather than served up, and the extra infusion of basil was really nice.

Kelvin Liu 1y

Would an absinthe rinse or replacing with green chartreuse work well?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

A little absinthe influence could work well, but I'd stick to Yellow Chartreuse.

Juan Simon 2y

This is great! I agree that your choice of Cachaça will impact the end result. I used Paranubes, and honestly it imparts an aged Cachaça vibe with strong cane aroma, albeit with a higher ABV. Great drink!