Ville Magazine l Insider Access for City Lifestyle May/Jun 2016 / Health & Fitness Issue

COCKTAIL CULTURE Salutary Sipping Written by: Lauren Adam In a perfect world, cocktails are good for you. You never have to choose between the bread basket and a drink with dinner. In fact, studies say that two cocktails with dinner every night will add five years to the average human’s life span. Too Utopian? Maybe not. Adding leafy greens, herbs, vinegar, fresh juice, and tea to a cocktail regimen can actually benefit your well-being. For the health conscious cocktailer, it’s time to imbibe salubriously. PERCY & CO.: MOTHER’S HELPER BLACK BOTTLE BELLEVUE: MORNING AFTER ingredients: sage-infused gin, grapes, apple cider vinegar, lime juice, simple syrup, soda benefits: apple cider vinegar ingredients: Jameson, Fernet, green tea, ginger, lemon benefit: green tea Apple cider vinegar is best known as a digestive aid. The acetic acid in apple cider vinegar can help neutralize an upset stomach. Take it in Percy’s herbal-inspired apothecary cocktail where it could work as an inventive spin on a digestif. Order it after a mouth-watering hearty dinner of crunchy fried chicken and red beans. Green tea doesn’t oxidize, so it contains more health-boosting antioxidants (catechins) than other teas. Tea catechins are strong antibacterial and antiviral agents rumored to treat everything from influenza to cancer. Green tea is also said to increase metabolism. Drink it with whiskey in a Morning After and whatever is ailing you will be yesterday’s news. 5233 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98107; www.percysseattle.com 919 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004; www.blackbottlebellevue.com EARLS BELLEVUE: SILLY WABBIT ingredients: skyy vodka, lillet blanc, cointreau, ginger, carrot juice, lemon, cardamom bitters benefits: ginger, carrot juice, lemon This vitamin- infused powerhouse packs enough punch to blind side the common cold. Ginger is a natural painkiller, while carrot and lemon are especially rich in vitamins that aid immunity. Incorporate Earls into your weekly schedule and snag a Wabbit so that you will never get sick again. 700 Bellevue Way NE #130, Bellevue, WA 98004; www.earls.ca KEDAI MAKEN: HEALING ingredients: Evan Williams, American ginseng, turmeric, galangal, lemongrass, radix astragali benefits: ginseng, turmeric, lemongrass This vitamin-infused powerhouse packs enough punch to blind side the common cold. Ginger is a natural painkiller, while carrot and lemon are especially rich in vitamins that aid immunity. Incorporate Earl’s into your weekly schedule and snag a Wabbit so that you will never get sick again. 1802 Bellevue Ave., Seattle, WA 98122; www.kedaimakansea.com BOTTLE AND BULL: GREEN ISAAC SPECIAL ingredients: gin, amaro di angostura, coconut water, lime juice, clove benefit: coconut water Some will say coconut water is over-hyped, but there is no denying its rehydrating superpowers. Coconut water contains a high amount of fiber and hangover-killing electrolytes meaning we can consider this craft cocktail a refreshing lakeside wash. 105 Lake St., Kirkland, WA 98033; www.bottle-bull.com ODDFELLOWS CAFÉ + BAR: KOMBUCHA COLLINS ingredients: vodka, lemon, rotating kombucha, peychaud’s bitters benefit: kombucha Oddfellows rotates their on-tap kombucha for this probiotic-induced pick-me-up. The term probiotic literally means “for life” in Greek. Kombucha is rich in vitamin B and antioxidants. Plus, it also improves digestion. There have been claims that this wonder tea also stabilizes mood. The research isn’t there yet, but this Capitol Hill concoction will boost your spirits anyway. 1525 10th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122; www.oddfellowscafe.com 20 l VILLE l HEALTH & FITNESS ISSUE

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