Apple Blossom

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Serve in

a Martini glass...
2 fl oz Rutte Dry Gin
¼ fl oz Berneroy Fine Calvados
1 fl oz Freshly squeezed orange juice
⅛ fl oz Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
⅛ fl oz Chilled water (omit if wet ice)
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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

Comment:

A Gin & Juice with a little extra interest courtesy of a dash of apple brandy. We've added the merest hint of sugar to lift Buckby's rather flat original recipe.

About:

In W.J. Tarling's 1937 'Café Royal Cocktail Book' the invention of this cocktail is credited to one R.G. Buckby.

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