A sensory explosion in your mouth, this refreshing spritzer combines the numbing, effervescent sensation of Szechuan buzz buttons with the hot and fruity Timut Pepper of Nepal.
Ingredients
Servings
Liquid Lightning | Serves 4
2 cups Water, hot
1/2 cup Citron Tea, sub. orange marmalade
2 tsps Timut Pepper, ground
4 each Buzz Buttons, minced
2 tbsps Timut Pepper, fresh
2 tbsps Sugar
Service | Serves 4
As Needed Ice
8 oz Liquid Lightning
6 oz Gin, optional
8 oz Seltzer
4 each Buzz Buttons
4 each Lemon Peel, 3"x1/2"
4 each Cocktail stick
Procedure
Liquid Lightning
In a container, combine hot water, citron tea, timut pepper, buzz buttons, lemon juice, and sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves. Refrigerate overnight.
Strain liquid with a fine-mesh sieve into another container. Hold refrigerated for service.
Service
For each serving, fill cocktail shaker with ice, 2 ounces liquid lightning, 1 1/2 ounces gin and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
Pour into champagne glass and top with 2 ounces seltzer.
Garnish with 1 buzz button, 1 lemon peel on a cocktail stick, and serve immediately.
CHEF’s TIP!
If making a "mocktail" add an additional 1 1/2 oz of seltzer to fill.
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