Lady in Blue

Name: Lady in Blue
Ingredients: 1½ oz Beefeater gin; ¼ oz crème de violette; ¾ oz fresh lemon juice; ½ oz simple syrup; 3 drops orange flower water; blue curaçao — a slip poured down the side of the glass so it layers on the bottom; not shaken with the rest; edible flower petals

sour · gin

Yes, the blue is set design more than flavor, and I've made peace with that. Keep the violette and the orange flower water tiny — floral ingredients cross from perfume to soap in about a teaspoon. Pour the curaçao down the side last, or you've made yourself a pond.

Ingredients

1½ ozBeefeater gin
¼ ozcrème de violette
¾ ozfresh lemon juice
½ ozsimple syrup
3 dropsorange flower water
—blue curaçao — a slip poured down the side of the glass so it layers on the bottom; not shaken with the rest

Garnish

edible flower petals

Method

Add all ingredients except for the blue curaçao into a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Double-strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with edible flower petals. Pour a slip of blue curaçao down the side of the glass so that it layers on the bottom.