Garnish:
Orange zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 2/3 fl oz | Gin |
| 1/2 fl oz | Cointreau triple sec liqueur |
| 1 1/4 fl oz | Orange juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/4 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
| 1/24 fl oz | Orange blossom water / Orange flower water |
Review:
Fresh, fragrant flavours of zesty orange and gin with a subtle floral note.
Variant:
History:
Thought to have originated in the 1920s, the Opal notably appears in in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.
OPAL COCKTAIL.
Harry Craddock, 1930
(6 people)
3 Glasses Gin.
2 Glasses Orange juice.
1 Glass of Cointreau.
A little sugar.
Add a little Orange-flower water.
Shake and serve.
Nutrition:
188 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 18.18% alc./vol. (36.36° proof)
- 20.2 grams of pure alcohol
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