The Gojira Cocktail Recipe

Matcha will not be for everyone in the Gojira cocktail. Lets just get that out there right now. It’s kind of thick and obviously has a prominent herbal flavor to it (well, I mean, its pulverized green tea leaves basically) that wont appeal to those that dont fancy tea so much but much like egg whites or powdered sugar, it gives the drink an interesting mouth feel.

Kind of like when you share a drink with someone who has a little something on their lip that you couldn’t figure out what it was until it was too late. Just like that.

You don’t need a fancy bamboo tea whisk for this but it just helps in breaking down the powder in your Gojira cocktail so you’re not chewing this like its boba tea, but it helps. Stirring it with a spoon works just fine, plus you’re gonna shake the crap out of it later and double strain it so relax.

The final bit for this simple gin recipe of the Gojira cocktail is lemon verbena, which is lovely and I want to carry it with me everywhere I go because I am all but certain that is highly addictive stuff. It gives the drink a bright citrus aroma that’s perhaps more inviting than mint and it blends the notes from the tea, the floral gin and acidity of the manzanilla sherry all together and right up in your face.

If you can’t find lemon verbena, garnish with a lemon twist instead.