Water Lily

The Water Lily is a floral, violet-tinted gin sour built on a foundation of equal parts — gin, triple sec, crème de violette, and fresh lemon juice — shaken cold and strained into a coupe. The crème de violette lends it a soft lilac hue and a perfumed sweetness that the lemon keeps bright and balanced, in the equal-parts mold of the Corpse Reviver No. 2. A modern craft-era drink, it is finished with an expressed orange peel.

Classic

Ingredients

  • 0.75 ozGin
  • 0.75 ozTriple Sec
  • 0.75 ozCrème de Violette
  • 0.75 ozLemon Juice

Garnish: Orange Peel

Preparation

Shaken · Coupe · None

  1. 1.

    add

    Combine the gin, Triple Sec, crème de violette, and lemon juice in a shaker with ice.

  2. 2.

    shake

    Shake well until thoroughly chilled.

  3. 3.

    strain

    Double-strain into a chilled coupe.

  4. 4.

    garnish

    Express an orange peel over the surface and use as garnish.

Flavor Profile

citrus
54%
floral
33%
fruity
29%
dilution
26%
sweet
24%
sour
22%
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