Ingredients

• 2 oz vodka or gin
• 1 oz agave nectar or simple syrup
• Juice of one lime
• 4 fresh sweet basil leaves
• 2 fresh mint leaves

Instructions

1. Muddle the basil, mint, simple syrup, and lime juice together
2. Add the gin or vodka
3. Combine in a cocktail shaker with loads of ice
4. Shake until there are shards of ice and the mix turns frothy
5. Strain

Notes

Shake it hard — the froth and the ice shards are the point, and they're what separate this from a flat herb-flavored sour.

Gin leans herbal and plays with the basil; vodka lets the basil and lime sit out front on their own.

Original recipe reads: 2½ jiggers of vodka or gin, 1 jigger simple syrup, 1 jigger fresh squeezed lime juice, 4 fresh sweet basil leaves, 1 fresh spearmint leaf (or to taste).