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How to make the Cloak Bar’s Chartreuse Swizzle

At Marben’s basement speakeasy, old-timey cocktails are inspired by recipes from the 17th and 18th centuries. Here, bartender Tao Zrafi shares the recipe for his Chartreuse Swizzle

By Rebecca Philps
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Cloak Bar's Chartreuse Swizzle
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Chartreuse Swizzle

Ingredients

45 mL green Chartreuse 10 mL sweetened lapsang souchong tea (a wood-smoked black Chinese variety available at David’s Tea) 10 mL orgeat (available at Queen West’s BYOB) 30 mL lime juice

Method

1. Fill a tall Collins glass three-quarters of the way with pebbled or crushed ice, and stir. 2. Top with 15 to 20 shakes of Angostura bitters and a sprig of mint.

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