Official spec
- White crème de cacao20 ml
- Green crème de menthe20 ml
- Fresh cream20 ml
Method
Pour all the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake hard for a few seconds and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
No garnish; mint leaf optional.
History
Tujague's, a bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, claims that its owner, Philip Guichet, invented the drink in 1918. The name comes from the green color the crème de menthe gives it. It became popular in the American South in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sources: official IBA spec and Wikipedia.
Flavor
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Pairs with
desserts · coffee
Sweet and full-bodied, it stands in for dessert or goes along with it.