A classic gin sour with one quiet twist: orgeat stands in for simple syrup, lacing bright lemon and juniper with a soft, nutty almond sweetness and a faintly floral lift. Shaken and served up, it lands clean and balanced, neither cloying nor austere. The drink runs back through the mid-century canon — it appears in David Embury's 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks — though no single bartender is credited with its creation. A dash of aromatic bitters and an expressed lemon twist round it out.
Garnish: Lemon Peel
Shaken · Coupe · None
add
Combine the gin, lemon juice, orgeat, and the dash of aromatic bitters in a shaker with ice.
shake
Shake hard until well chilled.
strain
Double-strain into a chilled coupe, served up.
garnish
Express a lemon twist over the surface and drop it in (a dusting of grated nutmeg is an alternative).