The Hot Summer Drink Is A Cicada Cocktail?

Who determines what the new hot drink of the summer is? Because I need to talk to them... the hot new drink of the summer cannot be this.

A place in Chicago called Noon Whistle Brewing is serving cicada-infused shots of Chicago’s famous “malört” . . . a wormwood liqueur that’s been compared to “citrus-flavored gasoline.” That’s BEFORE you add the cicada.

They dump a bunch of dead cicadas in the bottle, so they’re infused with all that malörty goodness. Then they pour you a shot and toss a cicada in the glass.

They claim the natural flavor of the cicadas adds a lot . . . and that it’s “reminiscent of succulent lobster.”

The cicada shots sell for $5 each. But if you really want one, they’re easy enough to make. Someone posted a video this weekend of people drinking them at a tailgate.

I’m just going to say NO right now.