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Chrysanthemum Day

If you're Chinese, today is a remarkably lucky day. In Chinese, 9/9 is pronounced "jiu-jiu", which sounds like "long-long" or "for a very long time", so...
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Richard Elgar’s Avatar Richard Elgar
8th September 2021 at 21:46
September 9 is also the day that the Chrysanthemum Festival is held in Japan for this auspicious date (and Chrysanthemums also feature in China on that double ninth day), so perhaps a Chrysanthemum Cocktail would be in order!
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Richard Elgar’s Avatar Richard Elgar
9th September 2021 at 16:43
I did in fact try this - a bit sweet, but a fantastic autumnal sipper! Here's a video of me making it yesterday: https://youtu.be/bSsnHYxb-F0
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
9th September 2021 at 07:46
Really great suggestion Richard. Many thanks. I've amended the above accordingly. Now to dress to the nines!
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