When Susan Tarasova and Liz Bragdon of Kombucha Girl Living Beverages get together with their friends, Bryan & Sylvia Dias, delicious, original cocktails are always the result! Their latest recipes, concocted with Bryan’s expert guidance, utilize one of Kombucha Girl’s Living Blends, Living Falernum, as well as their Orange Bitters and Sugar Plum Bitters. Falernum is a tropical beverage, typically made with a base of lime and rum, plus warming spices like vanilla, allspice and ginger. Kombucha Girl Falernum is full of probiotic benefits, but not a drop of rum, so Bryan worked his magic to blend some spectacular Mardi Gras-worthy beverages from the best local ingredients. Enjoy! If you like Bryan’s creation, you can learn more about his work with wine & spirits at bryanrdias.com and check out Sylvia’s wine art at wine-in-art.com. As for Susan and Liz, you can find them and their delicious, health-full beverages at the Covington Farmers Market every Saturday and follow them on Facebook: Kombucha Girl Living Beverages
Port of Entry
2 oz. Pontchartrain Vineyards “Port of New Orleans”
1 oz. Old New Orleans Rum Company “Crystal” (white) rum
1/2 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
1/4 oz. Kombucha Girl Living Falernum
1/4 oz. simple Ksyrup
4 drops Kombucha Girl Sugar Plum Bitters
Shake over ice, strain and serve neat
Crystal Beach Ball
1.5 oz. Old New Orleans Rum Company “Crystal” (white) rum
3/4 oz. pineapple juice
.5 oz. Pontchartrain Vineyards “Port of New Orleans”
.5 oz. Angostura Bitters
.5 oz. fresh lime juice
1/3 oz. Kombucha Girl Living Falernum
1/4 oz. simple syrup
4 drops Kombucha Girl Orange Bitters
Shake over ice, strain and serve neat with a sprig of fresh mint
