Drink Thyme - Herbs bring out the soul of summer cocktails

The Oklahoma Gazette, August 3rd, 2011

http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-12584-drink-thyme.html

Herbs bring out the soul of summer cocktails. Heide Brandes August 3rd, 2011

At the Cheever’s Cafe bar, Ariana Khalilian pulled out the plastic squeeze container containing a mixture of simple syrup and the pulverized essence of cilantro.

She squeezed the syrup into a tumbler of ice, mixed in a fresh dash of mandarin vodka and a generous pour of something citrus, and the cilantro cocktail was born. A clear, fresh drink made grass-green by the bits of floating herbs, it tasted just like summer.