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Joaquín Simó, Pouring Ribbons, New York

Safari Julep cocktail recipe

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What goes in it

Method · Swizzled

  1. 1Add everything to a julep cup and pack with crushed ice.
  2. 2Swizzle to mix and chill, then garnish with a mint sprig and a curry leaf.
Glass
Julep cup
Ice
Crushed
Garnish
Mint sprig and curry leaf

Prep ahead

House prep

Grenadine (1:1)

Keeps
3 weeks
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • 1 partpomegranate juice (by volume)
  • 1 partwhite sugar (by volume)
  • Optional: a few drops of orange flower water

Method

  1. 1Warm the pomegranate juice and stir in the sugar until dissolved. Do not boil. Let cool and add the orange flower water if using. Store in the refrigerator.

House prep

Chai Syrup (1:1)

Yield
About 10 cups
Keeps
2 weeks
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • 6 cupsboiling water
  • 8 black tea bags
  • 3 ozcloves
  • 2 ozcardamom
  • 2 ozcinnamon sticks
  • 2 ozfresh ginger
  • 1 ozwhole allspice
  • 1 ozwhole black peppercorns
  • Sugar, equal volume to the strained tea

Method

  1. 1Steep the tea and spices in the hot water over low heat for about twenty-five minutes, then rest off the heat for thirty minutes. Strain and stir in an equal volume of sugar until dissolved.

About the Safari Julep

Safari Julep is a cocktail made with blended scotch, overproof demerara rum and gold rum, created by Joaquín Simó at Pouring Ribbons.

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