Give Me Fever

Serve in a Coupe glass...
1	fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
½	fl oz	Del Maguey VIDA de San Luis del Rio 100% agave blanco mezcal
½	fl oz	Freshly squeezed lime juice
¼	fl oz	Freshly squeezed lemon juice
¾	fl oz	Triple sec liqueur
⅛	fl oz	Le Sirop de Monin Lavandie - Lavender Sugar Syrup
½	fl oz	Tonic water

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How to make:

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

Garnish:

Flamed lemon zest twist

Comment:

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… bom, bom, bom… give me fever. What a lovely way to burn.

About:

Created 3rd May 2014 by yours truly (Simon Difford) at the Cabinet Room, London, England while ‘Fever’ by Peggy Lee was playing.

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