Ajilimo

Ingredients

1. Ice
2. 1 1/2 ounces cachaça (potent Brazilian sugarcane spirit)
3. 1 ounce fresh lime juice
4. 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
5. 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
6. 1/2-inch chile slice, preferably ají limo
7. 4 thyme sprigs

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the cachaça, lime juice, Simple Syrup, ginger, chile and leaves from 2 of the thyme sprigs; shake well. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with the 2 remaining thyme sprigs.