
The Optimist
Ingredients
- 1⁄12 oz Yellow Chartreuse
- 2 oz Bacardi Carta Blanca Superior White Rum
- 2⁄3 oz Lime juice
- 1⁄6 oz Monin Ginger Syrup
- 1⁄6 oz Honey sugar syrup
- 8 fresh Basil leaves
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Coupe glass
Method:
RINSE chilled glass with Yellow Chartreuse and set aside. SHAKE other ingredients with ice and fine strain into rinsed glass.
History:
Hong Kong Bacardí Legacy 2015 winning cocktail by Devender Sehgal, Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA, Hong Kong. Devender's original recipe calls for 10 ml of both homemade ginger and honey syrups.



