How To Make A Grasshopper
The Grasshopper, a sweet, minty after-dinner drink is one of the rare, respected non-Absinthe-based green cocktails.
Grasshopper Ingredients
- 1 ¼ oz Green crème de menthe
- 1 ¼ oz White crème de cacao
- 1 ¼ oz Half and half
Grasshopper Directions
- Combine all ingredients in shaker tin .
- Add ice to small shaker tin.
- Shake vigorously, until tin is frosted over.
- Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
- Enjoy.
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Yield: 1 Cocktail
Updated: 2018-05-29

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