30 Aug 2023: Raspberry Bee's Knees Mocktail

While I enjoy an adult beverage prelude to dinner, sometimes that takes the non-alocholic form of a mocktail.

Personally, I don’t care for faux spirits, so when I look for mocktails, I gravitate toward drinks that don’t use things like non-alcoholic gins or rums or whiskeys. This recipe comes from barmini, José Andrés restaurant in Washington, DC.

Unfortunately, most of the honey ended up at the bottom of my shaker. Next time around, I think a dry shake followed by shaking with ice might solve that for me. But, no matter, this was still a delightful, refreshing, and definitely beautiful drink.

Ingredients

• 1 oz filtered water

• 1/2 oz. lemon

• 1/2 oz honey

• 2 raspberries plus one additional raspberry as a garnish

Put all of the ingredients except one raspberry (the garnish) into a shaker. Here’s where I would dry shake the ingredients before additing the ice and shaking a second time. Shake and strain into a glass. Top with soda water. Garnish with one raspberry.