Butterfly Pea Flower Gimlet
Butterfly pea flower turns gin a deep indigo blue. Squeeze in lime and it shifts to purple-pink before your eyes. A gimlet that is also a chemistry lesson.
Served in a Coupe glass · Garnish: Lime wheel · Difficulty: medium
Ingredients
- 2 oz Butterfly Pea Flower-Infused Gin
- 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
Instructions
- Infuse gin: steep dried butterfly pea flowers in gin for 2–4 hours, strain. The gin turns deep blue.
- Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice.
- Shake hard — as lime juice mixes in, the color shifts from blue to purple.
- Double strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish with a lime wheel. The color will continue to evolve in the glass.