By Luna Von Eisenhart Rothe

… Or rather, “by Siri”, because this cocktail was the result of a digital transmission error, so to speak.
This is how it happened: One day, a friend sent us a short-message he dictated and had his phone convert into written text. This is the message that reached us “…. After a busy day, I will now treat myself with a Lord Honey”. What he had said originally, however, was that he wanted to have “a LAW tonic”…….. 🙂
We thought that was so funny that Luna immediately wanted to create a drink called Lord Honey. Et voilà:
Level of difficulty – Advanced, requires a little dexterity

• • 6,5 cl LAW – The Gin of Ibiza
  • 1 bag Earl Grey tea
  • 2 slices fresh ginger
  • 2 cl fresh lemon juice
  • 1,5 cl honey water (1 part water : 1 part honey)
  • 1,5 cl ginger syrup
  • 4 drops liquid smoke (see below)

Glass – Nick & Nora or cocktail glass, pre-chilled

Garnish – Candied ginger and e.g. a lemon leaf

Preparation – Macerate the tea bag in the gin for 3 minutes (no longer, otherwise it will become bitter!), squeeze only slightly and discard. Now put the ginger slices with the LAW into a shaker and lightly crush it with a bar pestle. Add the remaining ingredients and shake on ice. Strain into the glass (double strain) and garnish.

Note – For the liquid smoke:
Prepare a mixture of liquid smoke concentrate (available e.g. online) and LAW in a proportion of 1:9. That is, add one part liquid smoke to nine parts LAW in a storage bottle. Take 4 drops of this mixture for the cocktail.

Tip – If you don’t have liquid smoke, you can replace it with a careful pinch of “Pimentón de la Vera” (smoked sweet paprika). This gives the recipe an interesting twist…