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When Pip Hanson makes this drink at Marvel Bar in Minneapolis, he uses nitrous oxide to infuse tequila with cilantro. He created a version for home mixologists with muddled cucumber and tequila, adding cilantro to the shaker. Slideshow: Fantastic Tequila Drinks 

Total Time:
15 mins
Yield:
1 drink
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Ingredients

  • 6 seedless cucumber slices (about 1/4 inch thick)

  • 1 ounce silver tequila

  • 1 ounce dry vermouth

  • 2/3 ounce fresh lemon juice

  • 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup

  • 10 small cilantro sprigs

  • Ice

Directions

  1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the cucumber slices with the tequila. Add the vermouth, lemon juice, Simple Syrup and cilantro and fill the shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled coupe.

Originally appeared: August 2012

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