Arsenic and Old Lace Martini
For the evening you want something faintly sinister in the glass and nowhere else. Violet stops at a quarter ounce and the absinthe rinse gets poured back out — push either one and you're drinking perfume. I crossed that line once, and the kitchen smelled like a florist all night.
Ingredients
- 2 ozGin
- ¾ ozVermouth
- ¼ ozViolet liqueur
- rinseAbsinthe — used to rinse the glass
- —Orange bitters — amount not specified in source
Method
Add all ingredients into shaker and mix like a normal martini. Pour into a glass with an absinthe rinse.

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