The Lady Bridgerton Empress Gin Cocktail

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The Lady Bridgerton is an Empress gIn sour cocktail made with Empress 1908 gin, lemon juice, and a lavender and Earl Grey simple syrup.

Prep Time30

Cook Time5

Total Time35

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Servings: cocktail

Calories: 210kcal

Add the water and granulated sugar to a small pot and heat over low heat. Once the sugar has dissolved into solution, turn off the heat.
½ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup water
Add the 1 tablespoon of lavender plus an Earl Grey tea bag or tea in a tea ball and steep for 30 minutes.
1 tablespoon culinary lavender blossoms, 1 teabag Earl Grey tea
Pour the syrup through a fine mesh sieve and let cool.

Add the gin, 1 ounce of the Earl Grey and lavender simple syrup, and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake, and double strain into a coupe or similar glass. Garnish with lavender sprigs or a slice of lemon.
2 ounce Empress 1908 gin, ½ ounce lemon juice, 1 ounce Earl Grey and lavender simple syrup

You can make a purple gin cocktail even without Empress gin. Just infuse your gin with butterfly pea flowers or add butterfly pea flower powder.