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The Land of the Butterfly
• RomaniaBartender Mihai Pop of Romania is truly passionate about the protected Maculinea butterfly. He’s supporting local producers to protect their microhabitat by raising awareness through his Ketel One ‘Land of the Blue Butterfly’ cocktail, that also donates 10% of sales to the Land of the Butterfly Project.
- THE LAND OF THE BLUE BUTTERFLY, is a community project that is based near my hometown of Cluj Napoca. Four species of the protected Maculinea butterflies are exclusive to this area and the only place in Europe where they live together. Their habitat is sensitive to modern machinery and human intervention. The locals here still grow their fruits and plants in a basic and traditional way, with love and responsibility for the environment. But the average income in this area being around 5 euro per day, through our awareness campaign, we can support the local producers in their quest to
- protect this micro habitat.This cocktail is inspired by the local culture in this land, their attention to nature and their love towards these unique butterflies. By using local produces we can make them shine in a Ketel One vodka based cocktail, with a spirit that is a pioneer in sustainability and impacting communities in a positive way. The land of the blue butterfly uses a homemade lavender liquor made with local lavender and local honey. In addition to that, a local dry blackcurrant wine. As a garnish, a piece of puzzle that contains seeds of flowers that the butterflies need.
- When the piece of puzzle is put in the coaster, it forms the map of the Land. By involving bars in Cluj Napoca to support this project, 10% of the sales of every drink will be donated to THE LAND OF THE BUTTERFLY project.
Taste it for yourself.
The Land of The Blue Butterfly
Ingredients
Ketel One Vodka 50 mlLocal blackcurrant dry wine 50 mlLocal lavender & honey homemade liqueur 25 mlGarnish:puzzle piece with flower seeds
Prep Ingredient Recipe & Method
5 gr local lavender200 ml hot waterMake a lavender tea. Infuse for 5 minutes and strain through a coffee filterAdd 50 gr of your local honey and stir to dissolveAdd 150 ml of Ketel One Vodka Bottle, label and keep in fridge.
Garnish Method:The garnish is a piece of puzzle made with flower seeds. When you take that piece and put it on the coaster it forms the map of the Land of the blue butterfly. You can plant the seeds to grow flowers that the Maculinea butterflies love and need to survive.Add all ingredients into a mixing glass. Stir and strain into a chilled collins glass filled with ice. Garnish with the piece of the puzzle and serve it on the coaster.
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