{"id":2978,"date":"2015-08-03T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T07:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2015-08-03T08:20:28","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T08:20:28","slug":"mint-julep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/?p=2978","title":{"rendered":"Mint Julep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from the martini, the mint julep could be the most iconic cocktail in America. It is a drink that&#8217;s synonymous with the Kentucky Derby Day where large amounts of Mint Juleps are sipped under dressy hats. The Mint Julep is a cocktail of bourbon, simple syrup and mint served over crushed ice and it\u2019s so easy you can make it yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>MINT JULEP RECIPE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15 gms superfine sugar<\/p>\n<p>30 ml hot water<\/p>\n<p>8 mint leaves, plus one mint sprig<\/p>\n<p>60 ml bourbon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dissolve the sugar in the water in an old-fashioned glass or a julep cup. Add the mint leaves and press them lightly with a spoon. Add the bourbon, fill the glass with cracked ice, and stir. Plant the mint sprig in the ice alongside a short straw, and serve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/?attachment_id=2980\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2980\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2980\" src=\"http:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/5-6-mint-julep-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"5-6-mint-julep-1\" width=\"467\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/5-6-mint-julep-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/5-6-mint-julep-1.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from the martini, the mint julep could be the most iconic cocktail in America. It is a drink that&#8217;s synonymous with the Kentucky Derby Day where large amounts of Mint Juleps are sipped under dressy hats. The Mint Julep is a cocktail of bourbon, simple syrup and mint served over crushed ice and it\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/?p=2978\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mint Julep<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[1102,1186,1185],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-blog","tag-cocktail","tag-kentucky-derby-day","tag-mint-julep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2982,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions\/2982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthingsnice.in\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}