Ao Highball

Difficulty:
Easy
Technique:
Shaken
Ao Highball
Scribe

Ao is a Japanese colour word that refers to both blue and green. In this cocktail matcha powder is the earthy tasting ingredient that gives it a distinctive green colour with a blue hue.

Ingredients

50ml
Tenjaku Blended Whisky
15ml
Lemon Juice
15ml
Honey Syrup
1/4 tsp
Matcha Powder
120ml
Soda Water
Lemon Wheel
Ice

Glass

Highball

Instructions

  1. Pre chill your glass (the colder the better) and add ice.
  2. Place all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake vigourously for 10 seconds ensuring the matcha powder has blended.
  3. Pour over ice.
  4. Garnish with lemon wheel.
  5. Serve immediately.

Garnish

Lemon wheel

Blossom Branch

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