Name: Bloom No. 5
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Blanco tequila; 20 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Ginger syrup; 7.5 ml Gentian liqueur; 7.5 ml Elderberry liqueur

Bloom No. 5
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
²⁄₃ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Ginger Syrup
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Elderberry liqueur

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A floral, bittersweet and warming ginger-spiced riff on a Margarita. (Also good served in an old-fashioned glass over ice.)

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2026 by Shelby Abell at Martha My Dear in Nashville, Tennessee.

Nutrition:

One serving of Bloom No. 5 contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.4% alc./vol. (34.8° proof)
16.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Toby James

19th June at 20:25

No link to elderberry liqueur provided, and all I really know about elderberries is that apparently my father smells of them?

Give us a steer, Simon. Circling the possibility of — whisper it —figuring something out for myself. (For clarity: this would be bad and should not be allowed to happen.)

Simon Difford

20th June at 07:42

No problem. I've added a link to Rothman & Winter Orchard Elderberry Liqueur.

Simon Sedgley

13th June at 12:39

Beautifully rich and delicate at the same time...and perfectly balanced. We didn't have Elderberry liqueur so, on a whim, substituted Davidson Plum Aperitivo and a mist of Elderflower liqueur. Really delicious for us.

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