Name: Sunflower
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2.5 ml Absinthe; 22.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Elderflower liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice

Ingredients

1/12 fl oz

La Fée Parisienne absinthe

3/4 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

3/4 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

3/4 fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

3/4 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

RINSE chilled glass with absinthe (swirl around to coat and discard excess) and set to one side.

SHAKE other ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Sunflower contains 169 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.45% alc./vol. (38.9° proof)
19.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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David Mercer 1w

True confession: I made this with Benedictine, rather than triple sec. Very enjoyable. Will do it proper ASAP. Try both!

Gareth Hives Premium Member 4w

Decent but not wow, Sam seems to be riffing himself with this. Very similar to, but not as good as, the broken plane.

Anne Caston 19w

So many times, lemon juice acts only to temper sweetness. In this cocktail, I could taste the lemon as its own flavor contributor, but still without being too forward. Loved this cocktail and will make again!

Gillian Williams 30w

Decided to up everything to 25ml for ease of measuring. Fabulous cocktail, easy drinking, balanced and not too sweet.

Craig Riecke Premium Member 36w

This cocktail deserves more attention. Elderflower can really overpower a drink, especially at this quantity. But the other strong and bright elements of this cocktail keep it perfectly in check. Cointreau is the right choice here as well. One of my all time faves.

Bocman 47w

It’s good, but next time, I might try using 12.5 ml of lemon juice to enhance the elderflower flavor. Currently, the lemon flavor is overpowering everything else. 🍋

Florian Ruf Premium Member 47w

Tried a flamed orange zest as decoration, which nicely complements the Triple sec. The ready cocktail looks like a fried egg, sunnyside up ;-)

Florian Ruf Premium Member 1y

I am an outspoken fan of equal parts cocktails, so I love it. A spray of absinthe on the finished cocktail and some drops of saline solution gives a nice touch.

Ben Littlechilds 1y

I quite liked it! Did 0.25 oz less lemon juice and triple sec, and it was perfect.

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

I tried this with Pierre Ferrand's dry curacao and for this cocktail the triple sec probably works better. This drink wants to be light and bright, and the cognac brings it all down a peg. Despite that, it's lovely. It's floral and tart just like you want a spring drink to be. The elderflower is maybe a bit too forward but overall it's really good.