Name: Lumière
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 20 ml Chartreuse Green; 20 ml Elderflower liqueur; 20 ml Lime juice; 1 dash Orange bitters

Lumière
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
²⁄₃ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
²⁄₃ oz	Elderflower liqueur
²⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

How to make:

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

Garnish:

Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A floral elderflower-influenced riff on a Last Word.

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Variant:

Gypsy No. 1

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Jen Marshall, Beverage Director at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn, New York City, who was inspired to create a cocktail honouring the 2011 American adventure drama film Hugo. The film's backstory of Georges Méliès' life is largely true to life and recounts his becoming interested in film after seeing a demonstration of the Lumière brothers' camera. A magician and toymaker, but became a toy salesman at Paris' Montparnasse station after being forced into bankruptcy. This cocktail's name is an obscure reference to the Lumière brothers.

Nutrition:

One serving of Lumière contains 187 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.35% alc./vol. (22.35° proof)
20.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Brislawn

10 hours ago

What a template for variations the Last Word provides! The Lumiere follows Difford's 3:2:2:2 proportions for the Last word, which veer more in the sweet direction than Venegas' Gypsy #1. I like basic 2:1:1 proportions for Daisy-class drinks like Margaritas, and after some experimentation find that 2:1:1:1 proportions (just increase the gin in Difford's Lumiere recipe to 1.33 oz) yields excellent results. Elderflower makes the Last Word more herbal and complex than it is with maraschino liqueur, and this is a very minor tweak of the Last Word proportions (and still plenty sweet enough). My new favorite Last Word variation; I dub it the Gypsy Light.

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