Desperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 movie with Rosanna Arquette and Madonna.
It would be weird if we talked about that today.
But Desperately Seeking Suze is an aperitif-spiked, tiki-inspired cocktail.
Which makes a lot more sense.
It comes from Lynlea Michaels, head bartender at NYC’s Pearl & Ash, and it blends a couple of your better predinner drinks with falernum and coconut milk—two ingredients more often associated with hollowed-out pineapples and oversize umbrellas. Throw in some matcha tea powder and you’ve got a Japanese accent tying it all together.
The end result is earthy, floral and tropical. And with that generous mint garnish, it can double as a desk plant.
Desperately Seeking Suze
3/4 oz Suze
1/2 oz Velvet Falernum
3/4 oz Cocchi Americano
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz coconut milk
1 1/2 oz matcha tea powder
Shake ingredients with ice, then strain into a snifter glass. Top with crushed ice, dust with matcha powder and garnish with mint leaves.
It would be weird if we talked about that today.
But Desperately Seeking Suze is an aperitif-spiked, tiki-inspired cocktail.
Which makes a lot more sense.
It comes from Lynlea Michaels, head bartender at NYC’s Pearl & Ash, and it blends a couple of your better predinner drinks with falernum and coconut milk—two ingredients more often associated with hollowed-out pineapples and oversize umbrellas. Throw in some matcha tea powder and you’ve got a Japanese accent tying it all together.
The end result is earthy, floral and tropical. And with that generous mint garnish, it can double as a desk plant.
Desperately Seeking Suze
3/4 oz Suze
1/2 oz Velvet Falernum
3/4 oz Cocchi Americano
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz coconut milk
1 1/2 oz matcha tea powder
Shake ingredients with ice, then strain into a snifter glass. Top with crushed ice, dust with matcha powder and garnish with mint leaves.
