Green Flash
INGREDIENTS
- 1½ oz silver rum
- ¾ oz green Chartreuse
- ¾ oz fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon superfine sugar
- 2 to 3 oz chilled club soda
- Garnish: Lime wedge
INSTRUCTIONS
Shake the rum, chartreuse, lime juice, and sugar vigorously with ice. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with club soda and stir gently. Squeeze the lime wedge over the drink, and drop it in.
VIDEO HOW-TO
NOTES
As South Pacific legend has it, there is a visually epic moment just as the sun goes down called the green flash, in which a green glow appears for 2 or 3 seconds along the horizon line.
