Name: Sleeping Lotus
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Orgeat syrup; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 2 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

10 fresh

Mint leaves

2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

3/4 fl oz

Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup

3/4 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

2 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a ZOMBIE OR COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of edible flowers (preferably orchid) and mint sprigs.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

CHURN to integrate and top with more crushed ice.

Garnish

Garnish with edible flowers (preferably orchid) and mint sprigs bouquet.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

19.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) — Nuts

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Comments & Discussion

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Florian Ruf Premium Member 5w

Very refreshing. With Monin orgeat I would reduce the amount next time.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 11w

Made it this year with a lemon lime split and my first bottle of Giffard Orgeat. I think the Canada mint was especially happy with the rain soaking it got two days ago. Already a favorite, bumped it up to a five!

Jacques Gaudin Premium Member 13w

The prettiest drink I've ever made! The drink is a delight on a hot summer night.

Graeme McPherson 35w

Simply delightful. Sipping on this Christmas Eve on a hot summer evening in Australia and it was totally worth the labours of crushing ice, juicing a lemon, counting out mint leaves etc…..

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Damn this is good with fresh early spring mint!

Mike Gibb Premium Member 1y

I saw your comment on the Recent discussions bit of the Dashboard, made the drink, drank it in the garden sun, and added it to my favourites, all in under one hour. Thank you!

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Cheers. I,m really loving the fresh mint!

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

So Mike, I'm really looking forward to trying Le Japonais, thanks for posting. Albeit, givin' my modest means, it may not be with a twenty year old Armanac, I'm getting a bottle so I can try this. Thanks!

Peter M Premium Member 1y

This is an excellent option for a summer afternoon. Tastes of gin, but with very little "bite". The mint blends in with the herbal notes of the gin. The lemon, Orgeat, & bitters create a nice base underneath that, with a well-balanced combination of the citrus, almond, sweet, etc. Complex, but fairly smooth; goes down easy. I used Hayman's London Dry Gin, and Liber & Co Almond Orgeat Syrup.

Jose Cruz 2y

darn i used regular bitters, will remake but this was top notch also

Caitlin 2y

I went to the extra effort of crushing ice for this drink, which was well worth it.

Chris Dimal 3y

Did not have orange bitters, so I regal shaked with an orange peel. Still didn't get the orange bitters part (as expected), but was still nice. It was an Army & Navy for a summer barbecue, with minty freshness and length.