Maiden's Prayer
CLASSIC · LONDON DRY GIN

Maiden's Prayer

Equal gin and orange liqueur, split citrus, no sugar — a bracing, wide-awake sour from the Savoy years.

Ingredients
Fresh Lemon Juice15 ml
Fresh Orange Juice15 ml
Orange Twist
Glassware
Coupe glass
Chilled.
Flavor
BODYSWEETFRUITACIDHEATSMOKEEARTHBITTER

Bergamot · Juniper · Lemon · Lime · Orange

Estimated profile

Method
  1. 1

    Chill a coupe glass.

  2. 2

    Combine the gin, triple sec, lemon juice and orange juice in a shaker.

  3. 3

    Add ice and shake hard for 10–12 seconds until well chilled.

  4. 4

    Fine-strain into the chilled coupe.

  5. 5

    Express an orange twist over the drink and discard.

The kit for this drink
From the Bartender

Printed in the Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930, one of a small family of gin-and-Cointreau sours that includes the White Lady and the Fine and Dandy. Fresh orange juice is not optional here; from a carton it turns dull and flat.

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