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Cherry Blossom No. 2

Name: Cherry Blossom No. 2
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Aromatized wine; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Cherry blossom syrup; 5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1 dash Absinthe

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (6)

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Ingredients
3/4 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
3/4 fl oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Cherry blossom/sakura syrup
1/6 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered maraschino cherry with cherry blossom when in season.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cherry Blossom No. 2 contains 141 calories

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
12.57% alc./vol. (25.15° proof)
11.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created by yours truly in April 2024 at the Clocktower in Rye, England.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

A cherry blossom riff on the classic Corpse Reviver No. 2.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
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Luxardo Maraschino liqueur 375ml - makes 75 cocktails
$32.99 $0.44 per cocktail Luxardo Maraschino liqueur image

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Peter Shaw Premium Member 2y

Why open a bottle of Lillet when I have Mancino Sakura open? Used this instead and it is delicious! Best of my 4 attempts at cocktails so far using this lovely vermouth.