Floradora Recipe
A tall pink gin cooler: raspberry syrup and lime sharpened with ginger and lengthened with soda — fruity, fizzy and gently spicy.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 8%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Gin45 ml (1.5 oz)
- Fresh lime juice15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Raspberry syrup15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Ginger syrup7.5 ml (0.3 oz)
- Soda water90 ml (3 oz)
How to Make It
- Add everything except the soda water to a shaker with ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Strain over fresh ice in a highball glass.
- Top with the soda water and stir gently.
- Garnish with a lime wedge or fresh raspberries.
Garnish
Lime wedge or fresh raspberries
The Story
Named after the hit musical Florodora, which opened on Broadway in 1900; the drink appeared in New York soon after. Older recipes use ginger ale where this one uses ginger syrup and soda.
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