Among the world's most innovative and well-known molecular bartenders, Eben Klemm has a science degree from Cornell, and he put it to good use when creating the wholly original Earth cocktail for Fiamma in New York City. The concoction consists of Averna liqueur, 10 Cane rum, lemon juice, simple syrup and beet juice. The drink's molecular hook lies in the dust of a dehydrated dark and stormy cocktail, which rims the glass. You can actually make this one at home; the only extra piece of equipment you'll need is a fruit dehydrator.

1 ounce Averna

1 ounce 10 Cane rum

Juice of half lemon

1/4 ounce simple syrup

1 ounce beet juice

Add ingredients to empty mixing glass

Fill with ice and shake all ingredients 20 times and strain into scotch glass

Garnish glass with Dark and Stormy Dust

8 ounces Gosling's Black Seal rum

8 ounces ginger juice

4 ounces simple syrup

Blend with 2 tablespoons iota carrageenan (a gelling agent available at specialty food stores) so that it becomes a paste.

Dehydrate overnight in a fruit dehydrator. It will become a dry skin. Turn into a powder in a coffee grinder. Add enough of equal parts citric acid and baking soda to give a slight fizzy effect when tasted. Store in an airtight container.

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