Two guys in Brooklyn are making their own energy drink with all-natural ingredients. And it's delicious.
Meet Eamon and Shiraz.
Eamon Rockey, at left, is a partner at Brooklyn's new Aska restaurant; Shiraz Noor is manager.
They've created their own energy drink.
Here's how they make it.
They call it "The Red Hare."
Step 1: Make an oleo saccharum — a syrup that forms when citrus peels are mixed with sugar and left to sit. Eamon uses grapefruit and orange peel in the oleo saccharum for the Red Hare, and lets the citrus peels sit with the sugar for 2 to 3 weeks, then strains the liquid for use. Step 2: Simmer ginseng and citrus peels in hot water — essentially making a tea. Step 3: While it's still hot add sugar, caffeine, and taurine and dissolve those ingredients into the drink Step 4: Cool the mixture, then add gingko boloba, oleo saccharum, and a little vodka to stabilize the other ingredients. Step 5: Strain the mixture into a bottle. This it the "Red Hare" base. To make it taste a little more like a typical energy drink, mix the syrup with an alcoholic pear cider.
