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Best Recipe for Lavender-Chamomile Tequila

Ingredients

  • Crushed ice, for serving
  • 2 ounces Chamomile-Infused Reposado, recipe follows
  • 3/4 ounce Lavender Honey Simple Syrup, recipe follows
  • 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
  • Dash bitters, such as Peychaud's
  • Lavender sprig or chamomile flower, for garnish
  • 1 cup reposado tequila
  • 2 bags chamomile tea
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 teaspoons dried lavender

Instructions

  1. Special equipment: a cocktail shaker
  2. Fill a rocks glass with crushed ice. Shake the Chamomile-Infused Reposado, Lavender Honey Simple Syrup, lime juice and bitters in a cocktail shaker. Pour into the glass and garnish with a lavender. Serve immediately.
  3. Put the tequila in a measuring cup, add the tea bags and let steep for 30 minutes; remove and discard the tea bags. Store in a jar. Put jar in your purse. Cry at a bus stop. (Not those last parts.) The reposado can be refrigerated for up to 1 month.
  4. Put the honey, lavender and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat and warm, stirring once or twice, until the honey melts.
  5. Cool; strain into a jar. The simple syrup can be refrigerated, covered, for 1 week.

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