Looking for a Valentine’s Day cocktail? Pick up a box of Steven Smith Lover’s Leap tea and mix this beauty for your sweetie. Made with rose petals, chamomile and bergamot, Lover’s Leap is delightfully fragrant and combines beautifully with our barrel-aged Old Tom Gin and winter citrus.
- 2 oz New Deal Old Tom Gin
- 1 oz blood orange juice
- ¾ oz Lover’s Leap syrup*
- ½ lemon juice
- soda water
- 1 blood orange slice for garnish
Shake old tom gin, blood orange, lemon, and syrup with ice. Add a glug or two of soda water to the tin then strain into a collins glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with a slice of blood orange.
*Lover’s Leap syrup: Steep 2 sachets of Lover’s Leap tea in 6 oz of boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove sachets. Measure the remaining liquid and add an equal part of sugar. For example, if there is a ½ cup of tea concentrate, add a ½ cup of sugar. In a small pot on low heat, stir until the sugar is dissolved.
