# Cynar Julep

This Buenos Aires modern classic makes Cynar the base of a cooling crushed-ice drink with mint, lemon, and bittersweet grapefruit soda.

Strength: 7% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 4 leaves [Mint](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/mint.md)
- 15 ml [Simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/simple-syrup.md) — Use a one-to-one syrup by weight.
- 60 ml [Cynar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cynar.md)
- 15 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 60 ml [Pink grapefruit soda](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/pink-grapefruit-soda.md) — Use a well-chilled, full-flavoured pink grapefruit soda.

## Glassware

Julep cup

## Garnish

- Grapefruit wedge — Use one slim pink-grapefruit wedge.
- Mint sprig — Arrange a small mint bouquet beside a short straw.

## Method

1. Gently press the mint leaves with the simple syrup in a chilled julep cup.
2. Add the Cynar and lemon juice, half-fill the cup with crushed ice, and churn until cold.
3. Add the grapefruit soda, stir once gently, and crown with more crushed ice.

## Related drinks

- [Too Soon?](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/too-soon.md): A regal shake with thin orange slices gives this gin-and-Cynar sour fragrant peel oils and soft fruit depth without muddling bitterness into the drink.
- [Bitter Giuseppe](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bitter-giuseppe.md): Stephen Cole's low-proof modern classic makes earthy Cynar the base, lengthened with sweet vermouth and sharpened by lemon and orange bitters.
- [Enzoni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/enzoni.md): A bittersweet gin sour that folds muddled green grapes into the structure of a Negroni.
- [King's Cobbler](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kings-cobbler.md): Neal Bodenheimer’s smoky rhubarb-amaro cobbler folds fresh strawberry and lemon through crushed ice for a dark, bittersweet answer to the wine-based original.
- [Bitter Intentions](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bitter-intentions.md): Bobby Heugel turns Campari into the base of a bracing Collins-Americano hybrid, with lemon, syrup, soda, and a fragrant sweet-vermouth float.
- [Art of Choke](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/art-of-choke.md): Cynar and rum absorb lime, rich demerara, bitters, and muddled mint in a stirred drink whose fresh ingredients behave nothing like a conventional sour.
- [Midnight Stinger](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/midnight-stinger.md): Bourbon and Fernet-Branca meet as equals in a lemon sour over crushed ice, turning the amaro's menthol force into something bracing, cooling, and unexpectedly easy to drink.
- [Love & Murder](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/love-and-murder.md): Equal Campari, green alpine liqueur, and lime form an audacious bitter sour, with syrup and four saline drops making the apparent collision cohere.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cynar-julep
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/cynar-julep-27470e67.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/cynar-julep/