Melissa Cocktail is a great punch..there is no softdrink added which means it can easily be made ahead of time without it going flat. Nice and Mildy Aromatic Great luxury elegant Hotel Restaurant Cocktail.

Ingredients

MAKES I DRINK

2 sprigs lemon balm

1½ tbs cachaça

1½ tbs freshly

squeezed lemon

1/2 tsp sugar

I slice lemon

Lemon soda (e.g. lup)

for topping up

2 dashes raspberry syrup

Plus:

Crushed Ice

Muddler

Rocks glass (5 oz)

I straw

Method 

1 Rinse lemon balm and pinch off leaves. 

2 Place leaves. cachaça, lemon juice, and sugar in the rocks glass and crush slightly with the muddler.

3 Place lemon slice in the glass and fill up with crushed ice. 

Pour on lemon soda, splash raspberry syrup on top, and serve with the straw.