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Empress Elderflower Cosmo Recipe

Name: Milestones Coquitlam - Test Kitchens EMPRESS ELDERFLOWER COSMO Recipe
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 servings
Ingredients: 2 oz Empress gin; 0.5 oz Grand Marnier (orange liqueur); 0.5 oz St. Germain elderflower liqueur; 1 oz Sweet & sour mix; 0.5 oz Fresh lime juice; 1 cup Ice (for shaking); 3 cubes Ice (for serving); 1 piece Lemon twist or dehydrated citrus wheel (garnish)

Inspired by Milestones Coquitlam - Test Kitchen

Time10m

Serves1

empress gin, grand marnier, st. germain elderflower liqueur, sweet & sour

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Ingredients

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Cocktail

Method

Cocktail

Prepare glass

Chill a coupe or martini glass by filling it with ice water while you prepare the cocktail. Alternatively, place the glass in the freezer for 5–10 minutes.

Combine ingredients

Add Empress gin (2 oz), Grand Marnier (1/2 oz), St. Germain (1/2 oz), sweet & sour mix (1 oz), and fresh lime juice (1/2 oz) into a cocktail shaker.

Add ice and shake

Fill the shaker with ice (about 1 cup), secure the lid, and shake vigorously for 12–15 seconds until the shaker is well-chilled and slightly frosted on the outside.

Prepare serving glass

Dump the ice water from the chilled coupe or remove the glass from the freezer. If serving on the rocks, add 3 ice cubes to a rocks glass instead.

Double strain and serve

Double-strain the cocktail into the chilled coupe (or into the rocks glass over ice) using a Hawthorne strainer and a fine mesh strainer to ensure a silky texture and to catch any small ice shards or pulp.

Garnish

Express the oils of a lemon twist over the surface of the drink, then run the twist around the rim and drop it into the cocktail, or float a dehydrated citrus wheel on top.

Serve immediately. The drink should present a delicate floral note from the St. Germain, bright citrus from the Grand Marnier and lime, and the distinctive indigo hue from the Empress gin will give the cocktail an elegant, color-changing quality if citrus is present in the sour mix.