Head to head

Clover Club vs. Earl Grey MarTEAni

Clover Club and Earl Grey MarTEAni side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.

The difference

Gin sours with egg white for foam. The Clover Club is sweetened with raspberry syrup; the Earl Grey MarTEAni with simple syrup, and its gin is infused with Earl Grey tea. The MarTEAni is the bigger, sweeter drink.

By the numbers

The Clover Club uses raspberry syrup where the Earl Grey MarTEAni uses simple syrup; both have gin, lemon juice and egg white. In parts, a Clover Club is 3 gin, 1 raspberry and 1 lemon; an Earl Grey MarTEAni is 1 lemon, 1¼ syrup and 2 gin. By volume, the Clover Club is 60% spirit, 20% syrup and sugar and 20% citrus; the Earl Grey MarTEAni is 46% spirit, 31% syrup and sugar and 23% citrus.

The Clover Club is the stronger drink in the glass (14.0% ABV against 9.6%), but being smaller it holds about the same alcohol (1.01 standard drinks each). The Earl Grey MarTEAni has more calories (about 192 against 141) and more sugar (19.2 g against 9.4 g). Both are shaken; the Clover Club is served in a coupe, the Earl Grey MarTEAni in a martini glass.

On the ratio map

SpiritVermouthCitrusMixerSyrupLiqueurClover ClubEarl Grey MarTEAni

Each drink sits nearer the corners it has more of: spirit, vermouth and bitter, citrus, mixer, syrup or liqueur. The gray dots are the other classics. Explore the full ratio map.