Banana Is Banana in Brazil

• 2.0 oz. cachaça
• 0.5 oz. crème de banane
• 0.5 oz. apricot liqueur (Rothmam & Winter)
• 0.25 oz. Amer Picon
• 0.25 lime juice

Shake with ice and strain into glass.

I think banana plays really well with cachaça’s grassy notes. Here I added apricot for additional sweet depth, the Amer Picon (don’t use it often, so wanted to play) for bitter, and the traditional cachaça pairing of lime for a nice rounded drink.

Looking to at least once stay away from a monkey pun, I looked up banana in Portuguese. It’s… banana. Thus the name. But universally I hope this drink is delicious.