Name: Give Me Fever
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 20 ml Triple sec (e.g. Cointreau); 15 ml Mezcal; 12.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 5 ml Lavender sugar syrup; 10 ml Tonic water

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in an

UB Retro Coupe 1920 7.75oz

Garnish:

Flamed lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. Top with a splash of tonic water.

1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
2/3 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1/2 fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico mezcal
5/12 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Lavender sugar syrup
1/3 fl oz	Thomas Henry Tonic Water
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Review:

This drink combines the fever quenching G&T with medicinal lavender and flavoursome mezcal from the Mexican territories where us Brits are susceptible to "fever... give me fever. What a lovely way to burn."

History:

Created 3rd May 2014 by yours truly while Fever by Peggy Lee was playing.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Nutrition:

One serving of Give Me Fever contains 164 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.05% alc./vol. (44.1° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

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