Gipsy Queen Cocktail
- Deadly
A seriously strong cocktail, stirred until cold, served in a coupe glass.
Serve in: coupe glass
Ingredients
- 1.5 ozvodka
- 0.5 ozBénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
- 1 dashangostura bitters
- 1Lemon peeloptional
- iceoptional
How to Make a Gipsy Queen
Instructions
- Stir all ingredients with ice in a mixing glass.
- Strain into a chilled glass.
Garnish
Twist a lemon peel over the drink to express lemon oil on the surface, then rim the glass with the outside of the peel.
Tips & substitutions
- No vodka? Try gin.
- No lemons? Try limes.
The glass
Serve this one in a coupe glass. Also known as Champagne Coupe or Champagne saucer. Fancy looking glass invented in the mid 17th century in England.
Did you know
This is a noble libation from the post-Prohibition era, a Golden Age for cocktail aficionados. The story goes that this was concocted at the Russian Tea House in New York around 1935 as vodka had been making inroads among the city’s elite.
