via GIPHY om/gifs/rooster-teeth-xoUiNjrK8iHwA">via GIPHY I am not a big fan of using a lot of crazy ingredients. Well - this isn't completely true - it is more the random use of crazy ingredients. Rizki, one of my head bartenders and me were discussing today the cocktail for a competition. He had the brilliant idea to use lotus leaf (which is very vegetal but rather very delicate) - and he also opted for gin and for pomelo. We discussed to do a lotus leaf liqueur and use "soured pomelo juice" - and the whole drink supposed to be a type of collins. It turned to be a pretty nice drink - however it lacked something special. It was all pretty bright, acidic and citrus'y - with underlying aromas of the gin (Bombay Sapphire). So we discussed to use the peel of pomelo to enhance the lotus leaf liqueur. However this wasn't enough. I don't really know anymore how it happened, but suddenly I remembered that Mezcal producer in Mexico are producing a...