Cocktails:
Gemini’s Grace (Published in Imbibe magazine)
Initially, this cocktail is tart but very enjoyable. After eating the Miracle Fruit, the drink develops a nicely balanced sweetness, and the sorrel takes on more of a forward note.
- 2 oz. tequila reposado
- 1 leaf sorrel, finely chopped
- Ice cubes
- 3 dashes grapefruit bitters
- 4 oz. grapefruit juice, fresh-squeezed
- Tools: shaker, muddler
- Glass: double rocks
In a shaker, muddle tequila, sorrel and ice cubes. Add bitters and grapefruit juice and shake vigorously.
Pour contents of shaker into a glass, adding ice cubes as needed. Garnish.
The Thornton Cocktail (Published in Imbibe magazine)
Sip this cocktail as-is, then halfway through, dissolve the miracle fruit berry tablet, moving the tablet around your mouth to fully coat your taste buds. Then continue to enjoy the cocktail, noting the difference in flavor.
- 2 oz. Cynar
- 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
- 2 oz. lemon juice, fresh-squeezed
- 1 oz. simple syrup
- Soda water to fill
- Large ice cubes (1 3/4-inch cubes are ideal)
- Glass: double rocks
In a double rocks glass, combine Cynar, bitters, lemon juice and simple syrup. Fill glass with large ice cubes and top with a splash of soda water. Garnish. Dissolve 1 Miracle Frootie on your tongue before drinking.