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On the counter there was a big stone mortar¹ and pestle², and a capped bottle with a vivid green liquid in it labeled ARUGULA. It was clear, this was going to be a different kind of drink.

I had reason to make some green cocktails⁴ a couple of weeks ago and I started thinking about how you can do that and arugula makes a really nice syrup⁵. You just blend it with some simple syrup and you get this beautiful bright green syrup that has some of that nice peppery arugula bite, explained Tammy Coxen with Tammy's Tastings.

That peppery bite was inspiration for selecting a spirit.

I immediately thought of long road distillers Wendy Peppercorn spirit, Tammy said.

Okay. A green drink for St. Patrick's day. That's better than green beer, right?

Anything is better than green beer, Lester, Tammy quipped.

But, it still didn't really explain the mortar and pestle. In it were bright pink peppercorns and some salt.

I thought it really needed a touch of salt and it also just needed a touch of something else, Tammy said. That Wendy Peppercorn is a great spirit. But I wanted the peppercorns to be a little more punchy so I decided⁶ that it would be delicious and pretty if I were to put a rim⁷ on the glass.

You've probably seen a bartender just dip the rim of the glass in some liquid and then dip it in some salt. That means salt is on the outside and the inside of the rim.

Here I just carefully used a lime wedge to only put some moisture on the outside of the rim and then I rolled it through that salt and pink peppercorn blend. So if you turn out to not like the saltiness or you don't like the extra pink peppercorn you're not constantly bringing more of that back into your drink as you sip⁸ it. And for the same reason I also chose to only rim half the glass, she said.

The Wendy Peppercorn is pretty intense, so Tammy decided to mix in some of Long Road's Original Vodka. Add some arugula syrup and some lime juice and you’ve got a unique drink.

St. Patrick Peppercorn

1 1/4 oz vodka

3/4 oz Long Road Distillers Wendy Peppercorn

3/4 oz lime juice

3/4 oz arugula syrup

Rim: salt and pink peppercorn

First, prepare your glass. Grind salt and pink peppercorn together in a mortar and pestle or blitz in a spice grinder. Place on a plate. Use a lime wedge to moisten the outside rim of a cocktail³ coupe, then roll in peppercorn salt. Set aside. Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into prepared glass.

1 mortar   

n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合

参考例句：

• The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
• The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

2 pestle   

n.杵

参考例句：

• He ground the rock candy with a mortar and pestle.他自己动手用研钵和杵把冰糖研成粉。
• An iron pestle can be ground down to a needle.只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。

3 cocktail   

n.鸡尾酒；餐前开胃小吃；混合物

参考例句：

• We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
• At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上，人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。

4 cocktails   

n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物

参考例句：

• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
• Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句

5 syrup   

n.糖浆，糖水

参考例句：

• I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
• Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 rim   

n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界

参考例句：

• The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
• She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。

8 sip   

v.小口地喝，抿，呷；n.一小口的量

参考例句：

• She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
• Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。