Name: Wild Blossom
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed); 22.5 ml Cranberry juice (sweetened); 3 Saline solution 4:1

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

Retro Coupe

Garnish:

Grapefruit zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	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 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
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Review:

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

History:

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

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
16.84% alc./vol. (33.68° proof)
16.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Wild Blossom

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