Pea & T

Cuties | Portland, Maine

This N/A cocktail from Cuties in Portland, Maine, requires no fancy zero-proof ingredients at all. Instead, it hinges on two simple housemade ingredients: a snap pea syrup that also features in the bar’s bestselling Hundo Pea cocktail, and an equal-parts ginger syrup.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1/2 ounce ginger syrup (1:1, ginger juice to sugar)
  • 1/2 ounce ginger syrup (1:1, ginger juice to sugar)
  • 1/2 ounce lime juice
  • 1/2 ounce lime juice
  • 1/2 ounce snap pea syrup (see Editor’s Note)
  • 1/2 ounce snap pea syrup (see Editor’s Note)
  • tonic water, such as Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic, to top
  • tonic water, such as Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic, to top

Garnish: mint bouquet

Directions
  1. Add the first three ingredients to a shaker and shake with ice.
  2. Strain into a Collins glass, then top with tonic water. Add cubed ice.
  3. Garnish with a mint bouquet.
Editor's Note

Snap Pea Syrup
Juice fresh snap peas in a Breville juicer. Strain through a fine-mesh conical strainer or Superbag, then weigh the yield. Add equal parts, by weight, of sugar. Use an immersion blender to mix until the sugar is fully dissolved.