THE RECIPE
How to make Half Windsor with Gin Fruit Cup, Aromatized Wine, Bitter Aperitif. See ingredients and step-by-step instructions.
Ingredients
- 30 cc
- Aromatized WineCocchi Americano30 cc
- Bitter AperitifAperol30 cc
- 20 cc
- 10 cc
- 40 cc
- 1 twist
Instructions
- 1
Prepare the source mint tea syrup with equal parts white sugar and regular-strength Moroccan mint tea. Steep a sprig's worth of mint leaves in it for 20 minutes, then strain. Use the listed 10 cc syrup portion.
- 2
Use a gin-based fruit cup in the style of the source-specified No. 1 Cup for its listed portion.
- 3
Begin by shaking the Pimm's No. 1 Cup, aromatized wine, Aperol, lemon juice, and mint syrup with ice until well chilled.
- 4
Strain the mixture into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.
- 5
Top with soda water or, if preferred, sparkling wine.
- 6
Optionally, add seasonal fruit and herbs directly into the glass for an enhanced garnish.
- 7
Finish with a grapefruit peel, twisted into a tie shape for a decorative touch.
- 8
Serve with a straw.
