Cocktail · Kenya
Dawa
Mix Kenya’s Dawa with vodka, fresh lime and honey using exact oz and ml quantities and the traditional muddled presentation.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 5 minutes
- Glassware
- Rocks glass
- Base
- Vodka
Ingredients
- 2 oz (60 ml) vodka
- 0.75 oz (22 ml) fresh lime juice
- 0.5 oz (15 ml) honey syrup
- 1 lime, quartered
Garnish
Honey-coated dawa stick or lime wheel
How to make it
- 1Chill a rocks glass and measure each ingredient.
- 2Gently press the listed fruit or mint with the sweetener in the rocks glass to release aroma without shredding it.
- 3Add vodka, lime juice, honey syrup, lime, quartered, fill with ice and churn until cold.
- 4Finish with honey-coated dawa stick or lime wheel and serve immediately.
The story behind Dawa
The Dawa is a Kenyan cocktail associated with Nairobi’s Carnivore restaurant; its name means “medicine” in Swahili. Vodka, lime and honey are mixed tableside for a tart, restorative-tasting serve.