It may seem like an odd coupling, but St-Germain (an elderflower liqueur) and Cynar (a bitter artichoke amaro) play surprisingly well together, especially in tiki-style drinks. It’s a combination that New York bartender Jeremy Oertel uses in his playfully-titled “Artichoke Hold” at Brooklyn cocktail bar Donna. “This cocktail is actually a play on a play,” he says. “I did a cocktail called the Bitter Mai Tai, and this is its relative.” The warm funk of Smith & Cross creates a heavy base for the bittersweet co-mingling of amaro and elderflower.