Name: Floral Daiquiri
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2.5 ml Crème de violette; 3 fresh Blueberries (fresh); 60 ml Light white rum; 20 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Elderflower liqueur; 10 ml Lavender sugar syrup

Floral Daiquiri
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Rothman & Winter Crème de Violette Liqueur
3 fresh	Blueberries (fresh)
2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Lavender Syrup

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of dried lavender sprig.

How to make:

RINSE chilled glass with violet liqueur, discard excess and set to one side.
MUDDLE blueberries in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into lavender-rinsed glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with lavender sprig pegged to rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A floral riff on a classic Daiquiri with a hint of berry fruitiness and a lavender pink hue.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Andrii Osypchuk at Gaucho in Dubai, UAE.

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Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

20.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Vincent Robert

22nd May at 00:09

J’ai essayer ce cocktail et je n'avais pas de myrtille frais donc j’ai utilisé la purée de monin myrtille et la couleur est sorti rouge plutôt que rose mais au goût il était super bon

David Orme

7th May at 13:48

Very nice cocktail the smell is amazing and the subtle flavors work well together. One to be remembered cheers!,🥂

Alex Spyrou

5th May at 17:14

Not having lavender syrup, I mixed 5ml of crème de violette in, and used simple syrup. Lovely cocktail!

Melissa Grenawalt

4th May at 12:25

Time increased the blueberries to 7, with 2 splashes of my home-made concentrated elderflower liqueur, and he mixed the creme de violette in the cocktail
rather than just rinsing the glass--perfect!

Stephen Murray

2nd May at 12:08

I did a batch of three but didn't have any lavender syrup so added three drops of lavender extract and it worked perfectly. This drink is devine and very reminiscent of an Aviation.

Simon Sedgley

27th November 2025 at 13:30

Simon: do you know if it is intended that the excess violette be discarded after the rinse or retained. We did the former but it's probably personal preference, as always. Anyway, it's a superb Daquiri.

Simon Sedgley

29th November 2025 at 15:27

Instead of the lavender as garnish, we just float a rose petal or two. Very pretty and increases the floral elements from three to four.

Simon Difford

28th November 2025 at 08:50

Yes, discard excess violette liqueur. I've amended 'how to make' accordingly.

Justine Fehley

13th June 2024 at 00:18

One of the best daiquiri variants I've had in awhile. I used a 100 proof "specialty spirit" made from can and prune juices (tastes like rum).

Next time I'd add the creme de violette to the drink instead of a rinse, because why not?

Andre Derailleur

22nd September 2023 at 09:49

Agree that is not overly sweet and very floral. Used parfait armour instead of crème violette which worked well with floral notes.

Nathalie O'Flynn

16th June 2023 at 11:51

Made this today and it was a pleasant surprise not as sweet as feared. My only mishap didn’t read the recipe properly so put the crème de violette into the shaker ? then proceeded to rinsing the glasses anyway. Most pretty looking cocktail too.