Raspberry Queen Cocktail

Name: Raspberry Queen
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 1 oz gin; 0.5 oz coconut syrup; 0.75 oz Fresh lemon juice; 0.5 oz coconut cream; 5 raspberries; black pepper (optional); Ice cubes (optional)

Medium
creamy

tropical
valentine

A creamy, medium-strength cocktail, shaken over ice, served in a rocks glass.

Serve in: rocks glass

Ingredients

1 ozgin
0.5 ozcoconut syrup
0.75 ozFresh lemon juice
0.5 ozcoconut cream
5raspberries
black pepperoptional
Ice cubesoptional

How to Make a Raspberry Queen

Instructions

Combine raspberries, lemon juice, and coconut syrup in a cocktail shaker and muddle until well broken up.
Add gin and coconut cream and fill shaker with ice.
Shake until well chilled, about 15 seconds.
Fill a rocks glass with crushed ice, then double-strain cocktail into it.

Garnish

Grind black pepper on top and decorate with raspberries.

Tips & substitutions

No gin? Try vodka, tequila or white rum.
No lemons? Try limes.

The glass

Serve this one in a rocks glass. Basically an Old Fashioned glass, but stronger with thicker glass and rim, made from toughened glass to suit drinks that require muddling.