matcha mint juleps
Ingredients
Instructions
- 2 teaspoons matcha (food grade is fine)
- 3/4 cup cool water
- 1/2 cup lightly packed fresh spearmint leaves, plus a few sprigs for garnish
- 2 tablespoons organic blonde cane sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup bourbon whiskey
- ice
Instructions
- Place the matcha in a bowl, and gradually work in a tablespoon of the water drop by drop, stirring constantly, until the matcha is a smooth paste. Gradually stir in the rest of the water.
- Place the mint leaves and sugar in a jar or measuring pitcher, and mash with a muddler (or the back of a wooden spoountil the sugar is dissolved and the leaves are bruised. Stir in 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice, and all of the bourbon and the matcha mixture. Strain the mixture through a fine mesh sieve, pressing on the mint to extract all the good stuff. Taste, adding more lemon if you feel the drink needs it, then pour into two ice-filled tumblers and garnish with a few mint leaves.
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