Name: Charente Collins
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 5 Mint leaves; 60 ml Grand Marnier liqueur; 30 ml Elderflower liqueur; 30 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in

Collins glass

Garnish:

Mint sprig & orange zest twist

How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint in base of shaker (just to bruise). Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice. Serve with straws.

5 fresh	Mint leaves
2 fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
1 fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
1 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
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Review:

Created in 2005 by Kieran Bailey, The Light Bar, London, England.

History:

Refreshing orange and lemon with a hint of elderflower.

Also see Collins Cocktails - recipes & history.

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
20.16% alc./vol. (40.32° proof)
24.2 grams of pure alcohol

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