Matt
12th October 2025 at 21:40
The highball presentation allows flavor notes from most of these (flavor rich) ingredients to emerge. The elderflower is very prominent here, but the dry gin botanicals and the tonic water/quinine are also clearly expressed. Black tea is tough to pick out. Not refreshing, IMO, but it is tasty - strong elderflower presentation should appeal to someone who likes that liqueur (and is reason for people who dislike it to avoid the cocktail).
9th May 2025 at 18:03
Hi Simon, is it tonic as in the ingredients, or soda as in the instructions?
9th May 2025 at 20:15
Hi Ian, thanks for spotting this. It should be tonic water and Simon has now corrected the method.
9th September 2024 at 20:18
Up the tea measure equal to the gin and reduce the elderflower to 20 ml and then it's getting somewhere. St. Germain demands so much attention.
17th April 2025 at 16:50
This sounds like a good steer - I'll be upping the tea and easing back on the elderflower next time. Maybe it's down to how much the drinker is a tea lover!
7th July 2024 at 23:13
Delicious. As it says on the tin - dry and floral, long and refreshing. I used my home-made tonic syrup and shook with everything, and then topped with a couple oz of soda.
24th September 2023 at 00:29
Perfectly refreshing. The cold tea adds a light falvour which is nicely offset by the Elderflower. Used a locally made San Diego gin which has aromatics from the area. It has a nice strong flavour which held up with all the other ingredients.
17th December 2021 at 00:24
This is almost exactly the same (1/2 oz of St. Germain difference) to the S. Tea G. I was thinking of this to celebrate the Boston Tea Party...
17th December 2021 at 08:12
Well spotted Richard. From when I launched St-Germain liqueur and created loads of recipes. I've added links between the two cocktails.