first blossom

1 oz Beefeater Gin
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz Lillet Blanc (Cocchi Americano)
1/4 oz St. Germain (St. Elder)
3/4 oz Lemon Juice

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail (coupe) glass.Two Mondays ago, I picked up the second volume of Jill DeGroff's Lush Life: Portraits from the Bar to look at the artwork and read the anecdotes about the bar characters within, and there I spotted an interesting recipe from Dale DeGroff called the First Blossom. The drink reminded me of a Corpse Reviver #2 mashed up with Sam Ross' Sunflower minus the absinthe component in both. Once prepared, the First Blossom bloomed with an orange, pine, floral, and grapefruit bouquet. Next, a lemon and orange sip developed into gin, pear, grapefruit, and floral flavors on the swallow.