Name: Bikini Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Blue curaçao liqueur; 7.5 ml Peach schnapps; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

³⁄₄ fl oz

Bols Blue Curaçao

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Peach schnapps liqueur

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Bikini Martini contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
21.17% alc./vol. (42.33° proof)
24.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a cocktail created in 1999 by Dick Bradsell for an Agent Provocateur swimwear launch.

Invented by designer Louis Réard in July 1946, the bikini swimsuit was named after Bikini Atoll, where the first public test of a nuclear bomb took place four days earlier. At the time, exposing the wearer's navel and buttocks was considered so shocking that no model would wear it, so Réard hired Micheline Bernardini, a nude dancer from the Casino de Paris to model the two-piece swimsuit.

Evolution of the Martini cocktail

Comments & Discussion

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Helen Huckvale Premium Member 11w

This is delightful. I used Hendricks Neptunia gin, “the taste of the sea in a gin” rather than LDG, as it seemed appropriate; however it is distilled in Scotland so a wetsuit might be more advisable than a bikini. I used Rin Quin Quin a la peche aperatif as this was the only peachy ingredient in my cabinet. So, despite being a first cousin twice removed from the recipe here it is peachy and orangy and is the colour f a turquoise sea.

Diane Denison 33w

Blue curacao is the kind of liqueur that can languish for a long time in the home bar. I had some from a years-ago drink I can't even remember. This cocktail makes wonderful use of it by mixing it with gin, which I love.

David Orme Premium Member 48w

As stated earlier this made its appearance at Pub Friday, and was declared a winner superb end of the working week cocktail

Pete Richmond 52w

Love this wild thing - my latest go-to cocktail. Two outings already and it's a firm guest favourite. Looks the part, tastes super-zingy too 🙃

David Orme Premium Member 1y

We have a club called pub Friday. This is next on the list will report later

Gigi Martini 1y

Amateur bartender newbie! I was too scared to try a sapphire martini and decided to try this first. Of course, I ran out of lemons and begrudgingly used a homemade sour mix I already had and it still came out wonderful. I love that someone married gin and peach. Can’t wait to try with actual lemons!

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Welcome to our community, Gigi.

Max Pokrashenko 3y

I try nordes and peach tree from de kuyper, its wonderfull flavour. 5++++ to aroma

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Made this again but changed the lemon juice to 1/3 oz. The first time we used Giffard Blue Curacao, this time we used The Original Blue Curacao which has a different Curacao flavour due to the use of oranges grown on Curacao. Second version was somewhat dryer.

Sally Morgan Premium Member 3y

I mean it’s really blue isn’t it? If 80s retro isn’t your thing then it eould taste equally as yummy with ordinary curacao but I’m happy to embrace the retro

Scott Noonan 4y

An interesting drink where I think peoples opinions on it will likely be based upon what ingredients they use. A drink that's very shaped by the gin and the peach schnapps used. I recommend experimenting and finding your right combo, it can be top tier.