Birds and Bees

Name: Birds and Bees
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 chamomile tea bags; 1 ⁄ 2 cup honey; 2 oz. gin; 1 oz. chamomile-honey syrup; 1 oz. fresh lemon juice

Serves
makes 1 Cocktail

LAURA SANT

A syrup made with honey and chamomile tea mellows the fresh lemon juice in a gin cocktail from Juan Coronado of South Beach restaurant The Bazaar.

Ingredients

For the Chamomile-Honey Syrup

2 chamomile tea bags
¹⁄₂ cup honey

For the Cocktail

2 oz. gin
1 oz. chamomile-honey syrup
1 oz. fresh lemon juice

Instructions

Step 1

Make the chamomile-honey syrup: Place tea bags in ½ cup boiling water for 5 minutes; remove tea bags, squeezing water from them; discard bags. Add honey and stir to dissolve. Let syrup cool to room temperature. Makes about ½ cup; extra syrup will keep, refrigerated, for up to two weeks.

Step 2

Make the cocktail: Combine gin, syrup, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice; shake vigorously and strain into a coupe or martini glass.

Make the chamomile-honey syrup: Place tea bags in ½ cup boiling water for 5 minutes; remove tea bags, squeezing water from them; discard bags. Add honey and stir to dissolve. Let syrup cool to room temperature. Makes about ½ cup; extra syrup will keep, refrigerated, for up to two weeks.
Make the cocktail: Combine gin, syrup, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice; shake vigorously and strain into a coupe or martini glass.