Ingredients

1.5 oz

Empirical Soka

0.75 oz

Simple syrup

0.75 oz

Fresh lime juice

6 leaves

Fresh mint

3

Lime quarters

Build

1. 1Lightly muddle mint with lime quarters in the base of a chilled collins glass — bruise, don't shred.
2. 2Add simple syrup and Soka; stir to combine.
3. 3Fill the glass with crushed ice.
4. 4Swizzle for 5 seconds, top with more crushed ice, garnish with a lime slice and mint sprig.

Empirical Soka brings cut-grass and green-apple notes that pair surprisingly well with mint and lime. The drink reads as a mojito but tastes like a Cuban garden in spring.