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Ginger's Lost Island
© Tina Rupp

Ginger's Lost Island

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Oak at Fourteenth • Boulder, CO

Bryan Dayton's mixture of cardamom, cinnamon, ginger liqueur and smoky mezcal evokes everything from Mexican food to the flavors of Asia and India.

cocktails Glassware Guide

  1. Pinch of cinnamon
  2. 1 1/4 ounces ginger liqueur
  3. 2 cardamom pods
  4. 1 apple wedge, cut into thin slices and fanned, for garnish
  5. 1 1/4 ounces mezcal
  6. 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
  7. 1/2 ounce apple juice
  8. 1/4 ounce Agave nectar
  9. Ice
  1. In a cocktail shaker, lightly crush the cardamom. Add ice and all of the remaining ingredients except the garnish and shake well. Pour through a fine strainer into an ice-filled double rocks glass. Garnish with the apple fan.