Country Thyme

Two things recently happened. First, for my birthday Timber bought me an awesome little herb garden for the kitchen window sill. It's small, but tantalizingly full of possible uses. Let's see if I can keep it alive.


Second, it was revealed to me that this is San Francisco Cocktail Week. Cool events and lots of interesting cocktail recipes started to find their way into my Google Reader. I had just resigned myself to only dreaming about how these concoctions tasted, when a recipe scrolled by with an ingredient list I actually had at home! This doesn't just happen to me and my poorly stocked little bar. And so, thanks (in part) to my new herb garden, I present:

Country Thyme
(Original recipe by H. Joseph Ehrmann)

INGREDIENTS:
• 1 Thyme sprig
• 10-15 blueberries
• Half a lemon, roughly chopped
• 1.5 oz Vodka
• .25 oz Agave nectar
• Garnish: Thyme sprig
• Glass: Highball or old fashioned

PREPARATION:
Place one small thyme sprig in the palm of your hand and slap it to release its oils. Twist it and place it in the bottom of a 10-ounce highball or old fashioned glass. Fill with ice and set aside. Muddle the blueberries and lemon in a shaker. Add the vodka and agave nectar, and fill with ice. Shake vigorously for 10 to 20 seconds and strain into the prepared glass. Take a nice large, pretty sprig of thyme and slap it before sticking it into the drink as a garnish. (If blueberries are out of season, use 2 teaspoons of high-quality blueberry preserves instead. You’ll have to adjust the amount of agave nectar depending on the sweetness of the preserves.)


Not too shabby.