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Cardamum’s the Word

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Four-Ninety-Two bar manager Megan Deschaine’s herbal-tea-spiked cocktail
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INGREDIENTS: 

1½ oz. vodka (Deschaine uses 492’s house vodka, Luksusowa)
1/2 oz. Licor 43
2 oz. yerba mate, recipe follows
3 dashes Scrappy’s Cardamom Bitters
1/2 oz. heavy cream
Cracked black pepper, for garnish

DIRECTIONS: 

Combine ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake. Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass and garnish with ground black pepper.

For the yerba mate:
4 tsp. yerba mate (use loose tea leaves for maximum flavor)
34 oz. water

Place tea leaves at the bottom of a French press, then fill the glass with close-to-boiling hot water. Steep for 10 minutes. Press the leaves, then strain liquid through a tea strainer. Allow the tea to chill to room temperature before using it in the cocktail.

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