Name: Wild Blossom
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 22.5 ml Cranberry juice; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Wild Blossom
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Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Aptly named - it is indeed blossom-like with subtle floral elderflower, yet also balanced with assertive gin notes.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2007 by James Scarito at BLT Market in New York City, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Wild Blossom contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
16.23% alc./vol. (32.46° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

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Michelle McMillan

20th April at 00:44

Too sweet for my tastes. On the second try, I increased the gin to 2 oz and added 1/2 oz of Aperol to give the bitterness from the grapefruit more backbone and I liked it better. Maybe I just had really sweet grapefruit. I used Empress Rose and Elderflower gin.

Annabelle Egginton

23rd January at 18:21

Very pleasant, the pink grapefruit and elderflower give a lychee flavour. Great pre dinner drink anytime of the year!

Emma Bellerby

16th January at 20:04

Made with Roku Sakura Bloom and loved it!

Tuber Magnatum

25th October 2024 at 22:46

Really enjoyed this. Agree it makes a wonderful apéritif. I also agree a touch sweet which as has been suggested may relate in part to the sweetness of ones grapefruit. Will try next time as suggested with 2 parts gin. This also might be a great cocktail to carbonate!

Florian Ruf

21st July 2024 at 13:18

I would rethink the grapefruit zest as decoration. The twist is ok, but the grapefruit zest at the edge is overpowering the elderflower.

John CARR

31st May 2024 at 13:39

Indeed aptly named, delicately floral, with a hint of fire from the gin. Delicious.

Herbert Brant

22nd December 2023 at 22:29

Made with Kendrick's Flora Adora Gin, this cocktail is heavenly. If you enjoy the occasional floral drink, this one should appeal beautifully as an apéritif. Highly recommended.

Annette Kinnunen

1st May 2024 at 20:14

And I used Hendricks Grand Cabaret Gin. Lovely.

Chris Brislawn

11th September 2023 at 23:43

The interplay of the elderflower liqueur with the bitter cranberry and grapefruit juices was a pleasant surprise. Agree with J. Hinojos that it's a bit sweet as written so upped the gin to 2 oz and added a good dash of grapefruit bitters as in Difford's Grapefruit-Gin Cocktail.

Sally Morgan

19th April 2024 at 19:09

Darn! Wish I’d read this before I’d made the first one - the bitters are a perfect addition. We just need Mr Difford to pop up now and agree and edit it, so I don’t have to remember tobread the comments next time.