Cardamom and Pop Punch

Name: Cardamom and Pop Punch
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 6 pods green cardamom; 4 white sugar cubes; 2 oz. club soda; 1 oz. fresh grapefruit juice; 2 oz. white rum, preferably Flor de Cana four-year-old rum; 1 thin wedge grapefruit, for garnish

Serves
makes 1 Cocktail

SAVEUR

Bartender Phil Ward, of Mayahuel in New York City, developed this cardamom-spiked cocktail to pair with white rum.

Ingredients

6 pods green cardamom
4 white sugar cubes
2 oz. club soda
1 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
2 oz. white rum, preferably Flor de Cana four-year-old rum
1 thin wedge grapefruit, for garnish

Instructions

Step 1

Put cardamom, sugar, and 1 oz. club soda into a cocktail shaker. Using a muddler or a wooden spoon, muddle the mixture until the sugar is dissolved and the cardamom pods are slightly crushed.

Step 2

Add 1 cup ice, grapefruit juice, and rum and stir for 15 seconds. Strain cocktail into a highball glass filled with ice and top with remaining club soda. Garnish with grapefruit wedge.