Elderflower G+T Recipe

longer summer evenings with G+T...

It's the summer solstice today, and I got inspired to whip up my favorite cocktail using the elderflower cordial I made a few weeks ago with flowers from our garden.

As a Londoner at heart, I have fond memories of my days in North London. I loved visiting Primrose Hill and my favorite pub, "The Queen's." If you're a local, you probably know it! I've celebrated a few birthdays there. One sunny afternoon, while ordering drinks, I said, "G&T, and surprise me with the twist." The Queen's, known for its wide range of international and local brands, served my favourite gin, 'Half Hitch Camden,' which I discovered there. The bartender's experimental G&T had a drop of elderflower and an orange peel infusion, and it was a good one.

Here's my slightly modified version. I'm not an experienced cocktail maker, but I'm definitely a gin enthusiast. I hope you find it as delicious as I do! Excuse the fact that I didn't have any ice on hand, but since I'm in Ireland where it's a little chilly at the moment, I might get away with it... 

For this cocktail, I used a lovely botanical contemporary Irish gin, Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin, which comes in a gorgeous ceramic bottle that I plan to reuse. I highly recommend this lovely gin too.
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So, let's get to the recipe...

Ingredients for 2 G&T servings

• 50 ml of gin of your choice. For this occasion, I used botanical Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin.
• Tonic of your choice. For this cocktail I used Fever-Tree. 
• Elderflower cordial. I used a homemade one, but I would also recommend Bottlegreen Elderflower Cordial.
• Fresh lemon thyme or normal thyme sprig.
• A peel of pink grapefruit.
• Ice.

Method
There is no precise method for this cocktail, but choose some nice cocktail glasses, add ice, then add gin and tonic of your choice and 1 or 2 tsp of elderflower cordial. After that, add a small, clean sprig of thyme. Use a grapefruit peel to rub over the glass lip, then drop it into the glass. Once it's all mixed, it will reveal all the beautiful botanical aromas.
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Enjoy your G&T and summer evenings! Cheers!
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