CLASSIC · GIN

Adam & Eve

Name: Adam & Eve
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Cognac; 15 ml Creme de Cassis; 22 ml Fresh Lemon Juice

A pre-Prohibition classic that pairs the botanical lift of gin with the stone-fruit depth of cognac, unified by cassis and brightened with fresh lemon - elegantly simple, deceptively complex.

Ingredients

Gin30 ml

Cognac30 ml

Creme de Cassis15 ml

Fresh Lemon Juice22 ml

Glassware

Cocktail glass

Chilled.

Flavor

Blackcurrant · Juniper · Lemon · Oak · Peach · Vanilla

Estimated profile

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Method

1
Chill a cocktail glass with ice water and set aside.
2
Combine gin, cognac, crème de cassis, and fresh lemon juice in a cocktail shaker.
3
Fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously for 12–15 seconds until well chilled.
4
Discard the ice water from the chilled glass.
5
Double-strain into the chilled cocktail glass.
6
Serve immediately, ungarnished.

From the Bartender

The balance between gin and cognac is the soul of this drink - use a London dry gin for clean botanical structure and a VS or VSOP cognac for stone-fruit warmth without overpowering oak. A light hand with the cassis keeps it sophisticated rather than sweet.

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