I already emailed this, but then realized this was a feature on the website, so sorry for doubling up: You had a video in which you featured a cocktail based upon a song you were really into (I believe an Elliot Smith tune). That inspired me to create a cocktail based upon a musical preference. I often listen to Getz and Gilberto’s iconic bossanova jazz album featuring “The Girl from Ipanema.” Every time I feel transported to some tropical dinner club where I’m drinking a cocktail that embodies both the boozy cocktails I associate with Jazz and the tropical flavors of tiki. So, I decided to create a cocktail for this album. I first thought about the sazerac as a cocktail I associate with Jazz, but then thought of the flavors I associate emotionally with this music: funky rum, mint, ginger, lime, etc. So, here is “The Getz and Gilberto OR The Girl from Ipanema.” I don’t know which is a better name, so let’s go with both for now, or you can decide which you prefer.
“The Getz and Gilberto” or “The Girl From Ipanema”
Ingredients
- 1 oz Rum Ron Diplomatico Planas Rum
- 1 oz Jamaica Rum Smith and Cross Jamaican Rum
- 1⁄4 oz Green Chartreuse
- ½ oz Velvet Falernum
- 1⁄4 oz Ginger Syrup i make mine with demerara, but that probably is insignificant in this cocktail
- 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
Garnish:
- Mint Fresh
- Lime Wedge
- Slice Ginger Fresh
Instructions
- Served In a Double Old Fashioned Glass with Cracked or Crushed Ice
- Rinse glass with the Green Chartreuse.
- Do not dump it out.
- Combine all Ingredients.
- Add Ice Until Glass is full enough to garnish with mint
- Add Garnishes
- Turn on Getz and Gilberto’s “The Girl from Ipanema”
- Enjoy
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