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The Yellow Jacket
[Photo: Robyn Lee]
This aromatic tequila cocktail comes from Speakeasy, the cocktail cookbook from Jason Kosmas and Dushan Zaric of Employees Only in New York. It's rich and honey-tinged from the combination of St-Germain elderflower liqueur and fennel-scented yellow Chartreuse. Herbal, musky, and bittersweet, it's a contemplative, well-balanced cocktail, named for the wasps that swarm around agave farms and tequila distilleries.
The Yellow Jacket
About This Recipe
| Yield: | 1 |
| Active time: | 5 minutes |
| Total time: | 5 minutes |
Ingredients
- 2 ounces reposado tequila (such as Partida)
- 1 ounce St-Germain elderflower liqueur
- 3/4 ounce Yellow Chartreuse
- 1 dash Regan's Orange Bitters
- 1 lemon twist, for garnish
Procedures
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Pour tequila, elderflower liqueur, Chartreuse, and bitters into mixing glass. Fill about two-thirds full with ice cubes and stir for 40 revolutions. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist.
