Name: Daisy Cutter Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 fresh Mint leaves; 50 ml Vodka; 20 ml Dry vermouth; 20 ml Elderflower liqueur; 5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 6 drop Ginseng bitters

Daisy Cutter Martini
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Verdot Small Martini Glass 12.5cl

Ingredients:
3 fresh	Mint leaves
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Ketel One Vodka from freezer
²⁄₃ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth chilled
²⁄₃ fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
6 drop	Bob's Ginseng Bitters optional

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of mint leaf &/or edible daisy.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

Garnish with mint leaf &/or edible daisy pegged to rim.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Dry, floral, minty and herbal. A pallet cleansing Vodkatini. The few tiny shrapnels of mint that make it through the fine strainer add to this cocktail's appearance

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History:

Named not for the bomb but after the English cricketing term for a ball bowled so incompetently that it skims along the ground. Created in 2006 by yours truly and reformatted with ginseng bitters added in April 2026.

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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:

23.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Tuber Magnatum

21st March 2025 at 22:51

To celebrate spring, as per Difford's suggested cocktails, I made this again but followed recipe as written. This time, I found the concentration of mint refreshing and nicely balanced, not overpowering as per my original comment below. On first making exactly one year ago also to celebrate spring, I realize I mistakenly muddled the mint rather than just shaking the mint intact!

Caspian Berggren

20th March 2025 at 16:38

Well balanced cocktail. Not too elderflowery, not too minty and the Chartreuse provides a nice accent. Vodka is always a bit controversial in cocktails because it doesn't really *add* anything, but in this one it provides body for the other ingredients. I might've wanted like 0.5cl of lemon just to really make the drink more style, but then it wouldn't really be a "Martini" I guess.

Chris Dimal

12th January at 17:43

Agreed with your review completely, even with the vodka comment.

Calvin Grant

17th March 2025 at 03:36

Enjoy this every year when the mint is fresh and it never dissapoints! The wildmint is only three or four inches tall so far but I had to go for it. I used Génépy le Chamois this time and will use Liquore Strega for the next one. Cheers Simon!

John CARR

19th March 2025 at 22:56

Sounds delicious, Calvin. We’re still having intermittent blasts of heat which will suit this well I think. I just went back to my old favourite the aviation which was most enjoyable!

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

5th May 2023 at 20:32

Minty. All the other flavours were lost.

Tuber Magnatum

13th March 2024 at 23:25

I loved this drink but agree there is an abundance of mint. For me, I think it was because on the initial nose from the mint garnish, so next time I will just cut back on the garnish.

Ruth Harvey

15th March 2023 at 21:12

I'm going to be 50 in 2 hours. This drink is a worthy partner to say goodbye to my 40's.
Well done for creating this and thank you Mr Difford!

Simon Difford

15th March 2023 at 23:54

My pleasure. Happy birthday!

John Hinojos

21st April 2021 at 00:13

Great balance. Took Simon's comment on the amount of Elderflower. Perfect.

Kayla Clayton

22nd March 2021 at 00:42

Delightfully springy drink. I used ketel one grapefruit & rose and green chartruese - really brought the floral notes. Added to favorites.

CHRIS ELLIOTT

21st March 2021 at 01:43

My mint plant was water logged after a very wet winter in Vancouver, so I used Ketel One Mint & Cumber vodka (20 mL) with plain vodka (25 mL). It worked out well.