Sleepy Floyd

Name: Sleepy Floyd
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 1 (750-ml) bottle reposado tequila (preferably Pueblo Viejo); 2 tablespoons loose chamomile tea (about 10 grams); 3/4 ounce Lustau East India Solera Sherry; 1/4 ounce Bénédictine; 2 pineapple coins soaked in tequila, for garnish

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This smooth sipper from Houston’s Better Luck Tomorrow starts by infusing tequila with loose chamomile tea. It’s paired in the cocktail shaker with aged sherry for depth and richness, then garnished with a booze-soaked wedge of pineapple for a tropical finish.

By Food & Wine

May 2018

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Recipe Summary

active:

5 mins

total:

50 mins

Yield:

Makes 1 cocktail

Ingredients

Chamomile-infused Tequila

1 (750-ml) bottle reposado tequila (preferably Pueblo Viejo)
2 tablespoons loose chamomile tea (about 10 grams)

Cocktail

3/4 ounce Lustau East India Solera Sherry
1/4 ounce Bénédictine
2 pineapple coins soaked in tequila, for garnish

Directions

Make the Chamomile-Infused Tequila

Step 1
Combine tequila and tea in a large bowl; let stand 45 minutes. Pour tequila mixture through a coffee filter–lined strainer. Discard solids.

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Make the cocktail

Step 2
Stir together sherry, Bénédictine, and 11/2 ounce Chamomile-Infused Tequila in a glass filled with ice until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with pineapple coins.

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