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Yum Alert: Patio Spritz

spice market
Written by emilyc

Mimosas are so 2012. Grapefruit juice + St. Germain is the new warm weather cocktail combo.Get with it. The Patio Spritz cocktail from NYC’s Spice Market is the type of drink you’d want to sip on…well, a patio. If don’t happen to find yourself in the Meatpacking District, you can make the Patio Spritz at home with the recipe below.

spice market

Ingredients:

.75 oz Aperol

.5 oz St.Germain

.75 oz Fresh Pink Grapefruit Juice

2.0 oz Cava Dibon NV Reserve

3 Dashes ‘Elemakule Tiki’ Bitters

Garnish: Lemon Wheel and Thai Basil Flower

Add Aperol, St.Germain, and grapefruit juice in a wine glass filled with ice. Top with cava and stir. Add bitters and stir with bar spoon once again. Garnish with lemon wheel and Thai basil flower.

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emilyc

Emily is a New Yorker trapped in a Floridian's body and loves every minute of her big city life. With a major in international business and years of being surrounded by ill-fitting suits and all the wrong shoes, she learned that the importance of fashion needs to be communicated to the world. To her, fashion is on the same level as charity work and feeding hungry children. Emily can be found frolicking the streets of her gayborhood enjoying the off-color humor of the gays.