Name: Sleeping Lotus
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 Mint leaves; 60 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Orgeat (almond) syrup (2:1); 22.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 2 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Zombie or Collins glass

Garnish:

Edible flowers (preferably orchid) & mint sprigs bouquet

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into glass filled with crushed ice. Churn to integrate and top with more crushed ice.

10 fresh	Mint leaves
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
3/4 fl oz	Giffard Orgeat Syrup
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Hayman's London Dry Gin, 70cl

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£ 9.46 £ 0.82 per cocktail, makes 11.5 Giffard Orgeat Syrup, 100cl

£ 9.25 £ 0.21 per cocktail, makes 44

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Hazardous ingredients

Giffard Orgeat Syrup is potentially hazardous to those with allergy or intolerance.

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Review:

An Army & Navy-style almond and mint gin sour served tall and frappe.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Sierra Kirk, bar manager at Hale Pele in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.01% alc./vol. (38.02° proof)
20.1 grams of pure alcohol

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