Green Dragon
-
Green Dragon
Serve in a Martini glass
| 2 oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 1⁄2 oz | Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe |
| 1⁄4 oz | Kummel liqueur |
| 1⁄4 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 3 dash | Peach bitters |
| 1⁄3 oz | Chilled water omit if using wet ice |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
- Prepare mint sprigs for garnish.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
- Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.
Review:
Mint, juniper, caraway and fennel make for an unusual cocktail that's conducive to fresh breath.
History:
Adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
GREEN DRAGON COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, 1930
⅛ Lemon Juice.
⅛ Kummel.
¼ Green Mint.
½ Dry Gin.
4 Dashes Peach Bitters.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Green Dragon contains 193 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 22.64% alc./vol. (22.64° proof)
- 22.9 grams of pure alcohol
Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.
Previous cocktail
Gloom Chaser (Embury)
Next cocktail
Green Tea Cocktail #2
Bitters
Bitters are alcoholic beverages prepared with herbs, spices, roots, fruits and peels infused in alcohol or glycerin. Popular ingredients include gentian...
Some cocktails benefit from added water
The size, and shape of the ice you use when mixing cocktails will affect the amount of dilution added when mixing. Large cubes in a cocktail shaker have...
Wimbledon cocktails
When Wimbledon kicks off the British summer has officially begun. Cue hordes of tennis fans making their annual pilgrimage to sit on Aorangi Terrace in...
20 best Summer cocktails
When it comes to cocktails, summer screams "Sex on the Beach", or at least fruit-forward rather than spirit-forward, more refreshing cocktails, but not...
20 best/most rated Martinis
There are 1,000s of cocktails with "Martini" in their name on Difford's Guide, and the majority are not actually true Martinis, at least going by the Oxford...
Join the discussion
There are no comments for Green Dragon.