Name: Bermondsey Minute
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Tequila reposado; 20 ml Vermouth - Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula); 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 7.5 ml Lavender sugar syrup; 0.2 ml Lavender bitters (optional); 10 ml Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

Waterford Mixology Coupe Clear

Garnish:

Lemon & orange zest twists (discarded) and float 3 coffee beans

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
2/3 fl oz	Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Lavender sugar syrup
2 drops	Bob's Lavender Bitters (optional)
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Review:

Tequila and lavender are a match made in heaven, made more complex with herbal wine notes from the vermouth and aromatised by delicately fruity maraschino cherry. Dilution is so key to this cocktail that please consider serving on-the-rocks.

History:

Created in Bermondsey, London in 2014 by yours truly and adapted from the New York Minute, originally by Luke Whearty at Der Raum, Melbourne.

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Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
22.28% alc./vol. (44.56° proof)
23.4 grams of pure alcohol

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