Glassware: Chilled Cocktail Glass
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Probitas Rum
.5 oz. Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao
1 oz. Lime Juice
.75 oz. Strawberry Syrup
Garnish: Strawberry Slices
Directions: Combine ingredients into a cocktail shaker, add ice, and shake to a chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, then garnish, serve, and enjoy!
Strawberry Syrup: Reduce 1.5 cups of simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water) with 1.5 cups of medium to large strawberries that are cut in half. Reduce on medium heat for 20 minutes (or longer until desired taste) and strain into a glass jar or bottle – keep refrigerated.
All design starts with a concept. Thoughts on why something will be created, what is it going to look like in final form, and what will it be used for are just as important when designing a building as when creating a cocktail. The concept for this cocktail is the same. Who will use it? Anyone over 21 who is not driving. For what will it be used? To taste great and help people put down their technology and talk to one another.
To bring this concept to life, it starts with a simple sour, using the materials of sweet (sugar), sour (citrus), and spirits. Simple syrup is turned into a strawberry syrup, through cooking and a secondary liqueur, orange curacao is added for depth of flavor and increased body. The trick here to effectively deliver this tipple isn’t anything overly complex: use great ingredients (fresh juices, syrups, and quality spirits), measure correctly, and execute with intent (shaking properly, using enough ice, straining into a chilled glass). At the end of the day, just like a building that has stood the test of time, this beverage will too.
