The recipe
- ¾ ozLemon juice23 ml
- 1 ozSimple syrup30 ml
- 1½ ozEarl Grey tea-infused gin (see steps)45 ml
- 1Egg white
How to make it
- 1Ahead of time: add 4 tablespoons of loose Earl Grey tea to a 750 ml bottle of gin, shake, leave 2 hours at room temperature and strain.
- 2Shake 1½ oz of the gin with the lemon, syrup and egg white, with ice, hard for ten seconds.
- 3Strain into a chilled martini glass with sugar on half the rim.
Garnish: A lemon twist, and sugar on half the rim.
The ratio
1 : 1¼ : 2
In parts, an Earl Grey MarTEAni is 1 lemon, 1¼ syrup and 2 gin. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Built the same way
Head to head
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