Tortoise and the Bare

Photo by Zsuzsanna Kilian

**This recipe is a Gintender original**

Ingredients:

1.25 oz Qi Black Tea Liqueur

.75 oz of Runny Honey (1:3 honey to water)

1.0 oz of Vodka

1.0 oz of Lillet blanc

Dash of Peychaud’s bitters

Dash of Regan’s orange bitters

Instructions:

Shake ingredients over ice and strain into a martini glass. Add a dash of peychaud’s bitters and a dash of regan’s orange bitters.

**Note to the reader: This mysteriously smoky combination of Qi Black Tea Liqueur, vodka and runny honeywas once a staple of Wisdom’s famed menu. An instant classic, the Tortoise and the Bare won the D.C. Artini Contest in 2009.

But we’d love to know what you think. Try this one out and give us your full review in the comments section below**

Check out some Tortoise and the Bare press:
Washintonian’s review
We Love DC Review

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