Makes: 2 cocktails

Ingredients:

For the Spruce Tip Syrup

• 1 cups water
• 1 cups sugar
• 1/2 cups fir or spruce tips, chopped

For the Cocktail

• 1/2 oz. spruce tip syrup
• 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
• 1 cup coconut water
• 2 oz. gin
• 1 tsp. matcha
• Ice

Directions:

Syrup

• Bring the sugar and water to a boil in a lidded pot, stirring to make sure all the sugar is absorbed.
• When it hits a boil, turn off the heat. Stir in the spruce tips, cover the pot, and leave to cool. The longer you steep the syrup, the stronger spruce flavor you’ll get.
• Strain the syrup through sieve and bottle.

Cocktail

• In a cocktail shaker, add the ingredients and shake until well chilled and the matcha is dissolved. Strain into 2 ice-filled rocks glasses, then serve.