The lavender gin and tonic came out of my first foray into the world of home made tonic water and was the most successful of the initial four variants I produced. Force carbonated, it is extremely fizzy, in a way a regular G&T never is because the gin gets carbonated as well as the tonic and you can really amp up the pressure if you so wish. Also, as you control the sugar level, it doesn’t have to be cloyingly sweet and the finished drink is crisper and drier than anything made with the commercially ubiquitous Schweppes… [Read more…]
Maroued on a Dessert Island
Maroued on a Dessert Island is a decadent rum based cocktail featuring premium Vietnamese cacao from my friends at the artisanal chocolatiers, Marou. The cacao nibs from Ben Tre province are pressure-infused using an ISI siphon into 7 or 12 year old Flor de Cana rum (depending on how flush I’m feeling) which helps release all the deliciously rich chocolate notes without any bitterness or the need for sugar. [Read more…]