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Cucumber Martini
Cucumber has never tasted so good, helped by being vodka-laced and infused with notes of bison grass. The touch of sugar in this cocktail helps amplify...
Marco .
21st May 2023 at 16:06
What about substituting the sirup with dry vermouth and adding a pinch of salt to change the profile from sweet to savory? Could it work?
11th July 2023 at 19:01
Many thanks, Marco. I ended up with Bianco vermouth and retaining a barspoon of sugar as a opens the palate. The original worked well when created in the 1990s but now way too sweet!