Dried Meadow Flower

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Patrón Reposado tequila
5⁄6 oz Elderflower liqueur
1⁄2 oz Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 1⁄2 oz Thomas Henry Soda Water
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel (& ideally a bouquet of edible flowers).
  3. SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. TOP with soda.
  6. Garnish with lemon wheel (& preferably a bouquet of edible flowers).

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Floral elderflower and tequila with bittersweet gentian and refreshing lemon.

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History:

Created in August 2015 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Dried Meadow Flower contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 13.18% alc./vol. (13.18° proof)
  • 19.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Justin Aniello’s Avatar Justin Aniello
14th June at 00:03
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).
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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
5th October 2024 at 12:50
We went with prosecco instead of the soda. Just to make autumn a little bit more fun.
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Frederic D.’s Avatar Frederic D.
18th August 2024 at 22:35
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.
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Egg McKenzie’s Avatar Egg McKenzie
17th August 2024 at 17:37
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.
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Frederic D.’s Avatar Frederic D.
23rd April 2023 at 20:52
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.
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Egg McKenzie’s Avatar Egg McKenzie
17th August 2024 at 17:37
you're goshdamn right!
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Tahel BarEl’s Avatar Tahel BarEl
15th January 2023 at 19:53
Found this a tiny bit too sweet.
Used mezcal instead of tequila.
20 ml Suze and Elderflower liqueur - tastes more balanced. And boozy :)
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
19th April 2023 at 20:44
Thanks, Tahel and Matt. Agreed! I've gone with Matt's 25ml elderflower liqueur (reduced from 30ml).
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Matt Excell’s Avatar Matt Excell
17th April 2023 at 18:21
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.
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Brett Nelson’s Avatar Brett Nelson
24th September 2022 at 23:40
This was fantastic, Simon.
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Tom W’s Avatar Tom W
4th June 2021 at 22:03
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.
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David M.’s Avatar David M.
19th January 2021 at 04:30
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.
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Matthew French’s Avatar Matthew French
26th October 2020 at 22:34
Maybe it was the El Jimador, or maybe the fact I was a little heavy-handed with the Suze and ended up using 20 ml, or maybe because I was distracted by the music I was listening to (The Comet is Coming) and topped rather than measured the soda but.. delicious! Smoky, floral, bittersweet, refreshing. That's a 5+ from me.
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