Benzaiten Cocktail

MIXOLOGY RECIPE

Benzaiten

GREEN TEA CHARTREUSE GIMLET

The Benzaiten tea cocktail is Fairmont Pacific Rim’s creation, blending TEALEAVES Organic Long Life Green + Pantone 349C + Mood: Enlightened.


THE TEA MOOD
ENLIGHTENED

Antioxidant-rich Organic Long Life Green supports health and inspires balance in a fast-paced world.

THE MUSE
KOI

Koi have great longevity. Their graceful, circular-swim motion symbolizes that all things in life are connected and together, create balance.

THE COLOR
PANTONE 349 C

“This lush green shade enhances our sense of well-being by inspiring insight and promoting harmony.”

LAURIE PRESSMAN
Vice President | Pantone Color Institute™

Mixologist's Notes:
Blending Tea + Color + Mood

“Organic Long Life Green means good for the body, while enlightenment means good for the soul. So I wanted to go for a green color without using anything artificial, which brought me to cucumber, lime juice and Chartreuse liqueur.”

— Grant Sceney, Lead Mixologist at Fairmont Pacific Rim

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Benzaiten

Inspired by the Goddess of eloquence and everything that flows, blending the subtlety of Organic Long Life Green, welcoming the path forward.

“I wanted to preserve the subtlety of Organic Long Life Green and create the mood of Enlightenment. So I infused gin with the tea and complemented the light notes with a rosemary cucumber syrup. Then lime juice for acidity and some chartreuse for color.”

— Grant Sceney

Servings: Cocktail

Keywords: Cocktail, Mixology, Pantone, PaletteForYourPalate

  • Prep Time: 1 hours 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 0 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hours 30 mins

Ingredients

Tealeaves Organic Long Life Green Tea-infused Gin

Rosemary Cucumber Syrup

  • 2 cups Water
  • 2 cups Cucumber Juice | roughly 2 cucumbers, pushed through vegetable juicer with skin intact
  • 5 cups Sugar
  • 5 Rosemary Sprigs

Benzaiten

Garnish

  • Rosemary, Cucumber

Instructions

Tealeaves Organic Long Life Green Tea-infused Gin

  1. Infuse Organic Long Life Green Teabag in gin (25 min).
  2. Remove teabags.

Rosemary Cucumber Syrup

  1. Make simple sugar syrup, remove from heat and add rosemary. Let cool (60 min).
  2. Strain out rosemary and add cucumber juice. Refrigerate.

Benzaiten

  1. Combine all ingredients (except garnish) in cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Shake vigorously. Double strain into chilled coupette.
  3. Garnish and enjoy!

Notes

TEALEAVES’ and Pantone Color Institute’s Palette For Your Palate is a first-of-its-kind collaboration where 10 iconic tea blends serve as muse to over 30 world-class chefs and mixologists. Their creations culminate into a feast for the eyes, with the viewer ‘tasting’ the intimate expressions of the culinary, mixology, pastry artists’ rendition of Tea + Color + Mood.

Find recipes for these edible works of art exclusively on TEALEAVES Tea Recipes and Palette For Your Palate.