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    The Listening Edge
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    The Listening Edge

    Beet & gin cocktail with rosemary, lemon & cracked pepper — influence from the margins

    She built her influence from the margins, quietly editing

    Why this cocktail? Michelle builds from the margins. This beet cocktail — often overlooked, deeply transformative — is her quiet influence.

    The Story

    Michelle's influence is profound and easy to miss — built from the margins through respect, curiosity, and listening. This beet and gin cocktail is that quiet power: deeply colored, earthy, complex, and built from an ingredient most people overlook but that transforms everything it touches.

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    Prep: 5 minYield: 1 cocktail

    Ingredients

    • 2 oz gin
    • 1 oz beet juice
    • 0.75 oz lemon juice
    • 0.5 oz simple syrup
    • Rosemary sprig
    • Cracked black pepper

    Preparation

    1. 1.Shake gin, beet juice, lemon, and syrup with ice.
    2. 2.Strain into a rocks glass over ice.
    3. 3.Garnish with rosemary and cracked pepper.