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Jasmine

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (305)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 12 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
14 fl oz Italian red bitter liqueur
14 fl oz Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
34 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
16 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix (optional)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Speakeasy Coupe 8.5oz

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Jasmine contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 19.68% alc./vol. (39.36° proof)
  • 18.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in the mid-1990s by Paul Harrington at Townhouse Bar & Grill in Emeryville, California and named after his college friend, Matt Jasmin, who challenged Paul to "Make me something you've never made before." Inspired by the classic Pegu Club, this cocktail is the result of that challenge. The Jasmine was promoted by its inclusion in his 1998 book Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century.

JASMINE
1½ ounces gin
¼ ounce Cointreau
¼ ounce Campari
¾ ounce Lemon juice
Shake with cracked ice; strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a lemon twist.
A Paul Harrington original.

Paul Harrington, 1998

Review

A slightly sour bittersweet riff on the Pegu Club. The original is just on the tart side of balanced without our addition of the optional spoon of sugar syrup.

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Comments & Discussion

Olga María Gómez Henderson
It's good. Perfect if you're in the mood for a sour but you don't want something very sweet.
score: 1
Cattini
I didn't have any sugar in the house to make a simple syrup so made this without. I'm very happy i didn't as I found the campari and triple sec offered enough sweetness for my pallete.
score: 1
Joseph Nelson Premium Member
What a charming and simple cocktail! I always trim down the amount of lemon juice I use just because I find the lemons I have overpower every other ingredient, so I trimmed it down to about 15ml. Still super tart and grapefruit-y, but you could better taste the Campari and detect a more herbal tone. I loved it!
score: 2
Juniper Lately
Love a Jasmine as is, but just made this “long” by subbing a wee bottle of Gioia bitter soda (100ml) in place of the Campari - very nice and refreshing.
score: 4
D K
I modified this a little with orange curacao and lime instead of Cointreau and lemon juice, and three dashes of grapefruit bitters, and it very much changes the character of the drink but it is extremely nice.
score: 2
Egg McKenzie
I used the recipe in the spirited cocktail book, which uses twice as much Cointreau. Still tastes exactly like grapefruit juice. Lovely.
score: 3
Nir Rasin Premium Member
It's very nice, made it one day for a few people, the ladies like it much more then me or the other men... For me it's missing in complexity.
I would say it's very close to Grapefruit juice in it's flavor.
score: 1
Doug Bain Premium Member
Tastes so much like grapefruit juice it's uncanny
score: 2
Annabelle Egginton
Well balanced on the bitter and acidic. Makes a nice change to the classic negroni.
score: 2

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$3.00 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


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