From the bar at Simon Pearce.
2 oz Silver Tequila
1 oz Thai bird chili cordial:
3 crushed dried thai chilis
1 tsp yuzu kosho
1 ¼ cup sugar
1 cup hot (not boiling) water
2 oz Cointreau
¾ oz lime juice
Basil leaf to garnish
To make the Thai bird chili cordial, combine the crushed dried Thai chilis, yuzo kosho, sugar and hot water. Stir to dissolve, cool, seal and refridgerate. Finely strain after 25 hours and fortify with Cointreau.
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake briefly.
Pour into a Woodbury Double Old-Fashioned glass.
Garnish with a Thai chili and basil leaf.