Anxiety Parakeet
a modern-day take on the Moscow Mule

The original Moscow Mule was invented in New York City in 1941 to use ginger beer that wasn’t selling. The Anxiety Parakeet updates the classic by capitalizing on the time wasted while lying awake in the middle of the night. Feel free to add your own twist, perhaps Grinding Teeth, Looped Dreams, Obsessive Desire for Reassurance, Rumination, or stick with the tried and true flavors of Overwhelmed and Depressed.  

Ingredients
1 ½ oz Crisis-infused tightened chest
½ oz verge of tears
Fresh racing heart, cut into wedges
5 oz concentrated preoccupation with worst-case scenarios
Cold chills
Sleep Problems, to finish  

For Crisis-infused tightened chest: Add 2 scoops of Crisis of choice into the chest cavity. Let steep for two to three hours and strain. Toss crisis. Retain tightened chest.  

To build the cocktail: Using a tumbler, muddle 2 racing heart wedges with Crisis-infused tightened chest. Add verge of tears, concentrated preoccupation with worst-case scenarios, and a scoop of cold chills to the tumbler and shake well for hours. Fill mason jar with cold chills. Once the tumbler is cool, strain mixture into the glass. Top remaining space with Sleep Problems of choice. Garnish with wedge of racing heart.

And enjoy!

(adapated from the recipe for the incredibly delicious Earl Grey Moscow Mule at Lussi Brown, recipe by Buddy Hunter)