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The Drinking Guide
First Class Aviation
The Raconteur with lemon, white grape and a restrained violet working mix, finished with a narrow lemon twist.
Ingredients
45 ml Sammy Raconteur
10 ml unsweetened white grape juice
30 ml fresh lemon juice
15 ml violet working mix (equal parts beverage syrup and water; see prep)
10 ml Sammy agave syrup
Glassware: Small stemmed coupette
Ice: Cubed ice for shaking; no serving ice
Garnish: One narrow lemon twist
Method
Preparation
Violet means a food-grade beverage syrup labelled alcohol-free, not creme de violette liqueur, perfume or essential oil. Verify the exact purchased product label and ABV. Violet working mix: stir 30 ml violet beverage syrup with 30 ml water. Use 15 ml of this working mix for the drink, not the same measure of neat syrup. Increase lemon and agave together as listed; the working mix preserves the restrained violet-syrup dose. Make fresh for the session, refrigerate promptly and keep chilled until use.
Make the cocktail
1. Chill a small coupette.
2. Shake all measured ingredients with solid ice for 6 seconds; the violet working mix already contributes water.
3. Fine-strain into the chilled glass and add the lemon twist.
