There's a few he has in mind, but he takes a moment to assess if he's got everything he needs for any of them. And indeed he does for one in particular.
"All right. Here we are."
And he goes. First he sets aside a tall glass to chill with ice water; then he goes about building the cocktail, with a bit of lemon juice, a bit of lime, simple syrup, gin, heavy cream--then there's shaking, and straining, the white of an egg added, and here he goes back to the shaking. ... And keeps shaking. "You know," he grunts, "you can get more or less the same effect doing this for just a minute or so instead of the traditional 12 if you do it right--hope you don't mind."
Then pour, then rest it for a minute, then add club soda, then orange flower water, and a straw stuck straight through the crown of foam over the whole thing.
"There." He smiles lightly, sliding it over to Ossie. "Ramos Gin Fizz. The thing to get you hated by bartenders if you ask for one."
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Date: 2024-02-08 02:36 am (UTC)There's a few he has in mind, but he takes a moment to assess if he's got everything he needs for any of them. And indeed he does for one in particular.
"All right. Here we are."
And he goes. First he sets aside a tall glass to chill with ice water; then he goes about building the cocktail, with a bit of lemon juice, a bit of lime, simple syrup, gin, heavy cream--then there's shaking, and straining, the white of an egg added, and here he goes back to the shaking. ... And keeps shaking. "You know," he grunts, "you can get more or less the same effect doing this for just a minute or so instead of the traditional 12 if you do it right--hope you don't mind."
Then pour, then rest it for a minute, then add club soda, then orange flower water, and a straw stuck straight through the crown of foam over the whole thing.
"There." He smiles lightly, sliding it over to Ossie. "Ramos Gin Fizz. The thing to get you hated by bartenders if you ask for one."