Ajilimo

Ingredients

• Ice
• 1 1/2 ounces cachaca (potent Brazilian sugarcane spirit)
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
• 1/2-inch chile slice
• preferably aji limo
• 4 thyme sprigs

Instructions

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Add the cachaca, lime juice, Simple Syrup, ginger, chile and leaves from 2 of the thyme sprigs; shake well.
3. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with the 2 remaining thyme sprigs.