Ingredients

  • 5 Thai basil leaves
  • 4 inch-wide cubes pineapple
  • 1 tablespoon simple syrup
  • 2 ounces blanco tequila
  • 1 ½ tablespoons lime juice
  • Soda or seltzer

    One drink

    Preparation

    1. In a cocktail shaker, crush 4 basil leaves and the pineapple to a pulp with a muddler or wooden spoon. Fill shaker about halfway with ice and add simple syrup, tequila and lime juice. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with a splash of soda and float last basil leaf on surface.

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