'Martini' Thyme

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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 sprig Lemon thyme (remove stalks)
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
3⁄4 oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Fragata Green Olives on thyme sprig

How to make:

MUDDLE thyme in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Review:

A wonderfully fresh herbal Martini with the distinctive taste of Chartreuse. You'll either love it or hate it.

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History:

A combination of two very similar drinks, that both originally called for thyme infused gin. The first I discovered at The Lobby Bar (One Aldwych, London) and the other came from Tony Conigliaro at Isola, London, England.

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Felicia Stratton ’s Avatar Felicia Stratton
7th August 2024 at 22:09
Love. Used Conniption Navy gin and triple lemon thyme. Amazing. SO happy to have Chartreuse in US again.
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Kévin Martin’s Avatar Kévin Martin
22nd January 2024 at 19:18
Un très bon cocktail dominé autant au nez qu’en bouche par les herbes aromatiques. En même temps, il n’y a que des produits issus de plantes.
Attention, bien que toutes ces plantes possèdent des vertus médicinales, à consommer avec modération!
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Nicolas Le Roux’s Avatar Nicolas Le Roux
25th October 2020 at 19:22
How to avoid having small pices of thyme in the glass?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
26th October 2020 at 07:34
This is achieved by double straining through a fine strainer when pouring from the shaker.
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