Guayusa Cocktails

Take your love of guayusa to the next level.  

Team Runa combined the delicious taste of guayusa with a few of our favorite mixers to create a drink menu that is sure to please.

Guayusa Martinis, shaken not stirred:

Why you so Sexy?           

50ml vodka

50ml cranberry juice

25ml triple sec

125ml guayusa

 

Why you so Loco?

50ml white rum

50ml pineapple juice

25ml melon liquor (midori)

125ml guayusa

 

Why you so Macho?

50ml vodka

50ml passion fruit juice

150ml guayusa

1 or 2 drops aji/tabasco

 

Thanks to Elizabeth Forster for the following two recipes:

 

Why you so Hot?

3 parts tequila

2 parts chilled Runa guayusa

2 parts orange liquor (Grand Marnier, Cointreau)

1 part fresh lime juice

Sprig of mint

Shake and serve over ice

 

Why you so Cold?

Shake some sliced cucumber into the mix above

Use a premium Blue Agave Blanco/Silver tequila

Salt the glass

 

Guayusa Mixed Drinks:

Why you so Happy?

30ml white rum

60ml guayusa

20ml soda water

5ml lime juice

5ml sugar syrup (hot water and sugar, equal parts, leave cool)

mint leaves bruised

 

Why you so Sassy?

30ml vodka

50ml guayusa

5ml lime juice

5ml sugar syrup

20ml soda water

10ml creme de casis