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Lime and Mint Smash

Name: Lime and Mint Smash
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: THC beverage
Ingredients: 1 can Happi Lime Wild Mint (5mg THC); 10 leaves Fresh mint; 0.5 oz Fresh lime juice; 0.25 oz Simple syrup; A full glass Crushed ice

Two minutes, one can, and a handful of mint you actually bruise.

Total THC
Servings: 1
THC per serving: 5mg

Steps

Clap the mint between your hands. Do not muddle it into pulp: bruising releases the oil, grinding releases chlorophyll and it tastes like lawn.
Drop the mint in the glass, add the lime and syrup, then pack with crushed ice.
Top with the can and stir up from the bottom once.

Why it works

Mint in a canned mint drink is not redundant. The flavour in the can is an extract, which is stable and one-dimensional; a fresh leaf gives off volatile oils that you smell rather than taste. Putting both in means the aroma arrives before the liquid does, which is most of what makes a drink feel fresh.

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