Absinthe Colada

Mint and coconut are an excellent pairing that's underused in cocktails. This piña colada variant from Maison Premiere in Brooklyn employs mint in two ways in this boldly flavored cocktail.

Ingredients:

• ¾ oz Toasted Coconut Syrup
• 1 oz absinthe
  
• ½ oz rhum agricole
  
• 1 oz pineapple juice
  
• barspoon crème de menthe
  

Instructions:

• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker
• Add ice and shake hard for 10 seconds
• Strain into a hurricane glass filled with crushed ice

Glass:

• hurricane

Garnish:

• fresh mint