Name: Dried Meadow Flower
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 25 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 45 ml Soda water

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Reposado tequila (100% agave)

⁵⁄₆ fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel (& ideally a bouquet of edible flowers).

Method

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

TOP with soda.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon wheel (& preferably a bouquet of edible flowers).

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Dried Meadow Flower contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
13.18% alc./vol. (26.37° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Mel Donahue Premium Member 17w

Swapped in Fever Tree elderflower tonic water instead of soda, it was perfect. Very refreshing on a hot day.

Justin Aniello 1y

Liked it with full lemon juice, nice dry floral flavor. Wife absolutely hated it which is abnormal as we generally have similar tastes (as long as licorice flavors aren't involved).

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

We went with prosecco instead of the soda. Just to make autumn a little bit more fun.

Frederic D. Premium Member 2y

Following up on my previous comment, I just remade this with a new style gin (Gray Whale in this case). This also works very well as anticipated, although I do prefer the original with tequila.

Egg McKenzie 2y

goshdamn that's refreshing. simon, you really snapped with this one. i will be experimenting further with these flavours.

i did 20ml elderflower and 20ml suze because suze is a favourite and let me tell you.

Frederic D. Premium Member 3y

This is so good. The interplay of Suze and elderflower is absolutely fantastic. Add to that the refreshing lemon and a bit of herbal complexity from the tequila. Delicious. It would probably work well with a softer, modern-style gin too. As it is, the perfect drink to sit on the back deck on a late April Sunday.

Egg McKenzie 2y

you're goshdamn right!

Tony Daughtry 25w

I think trying a London dry Gin and a touch of Maraschino liqueur to swap out the Suze, although love Suze... Will try

Tahel BarEl 3y

Found this a tiny bit too sweet.
Used mezcal instead of tequila.
20 ml Suze and Elderflower liqueur - tastes more balanced. And boozy :)

Matt Excell 3y

Tried your specs (except still with Tequila) and Simon's specs and I marginally preferred yours, but I think I would split the difference and up the Elderflower to 25ml.

Either way, this is the first St Germain cocktail I've had where the elderflower hasn't completely overpowered everything else.

Recommend.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Thanks, Tahel and Matt. Agreed! I've gone with Matt's 25ml elderflower liqueur (reduced from 30ml).

Brett Nelson 4y

This was fantastic, Simon.

Tom W 5y

My first cocktail using Suze and it was not a disappointment. The Suze and elderflower work unexpectedly well with the tequila to deliver a mild yet interestingly bittersweet flavour. Not sure the name does this cocktail justice.

David M. Premium Member 5y

A bit mild for my tastes (though I substituted Gran Classico for the Suze). But I had a blast adding a white camellia flower to the lemon for the garnish.