Description
Super-premium gin bearing the name of desert town Jaisalmer called 'Golden City'. Uses botanicals gathered across India like Darjeeling green tea, lemongrass, cubeb (mace).
Restaurants serving Jaisalmer Craft Gin (Royal Spice-scented Gin)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Jaisalmer(Craft Gin)
- Tonic water
- Ice
- Orange peel
- Pink pepper
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 90ml Jaisalmer Indian Craft Gin, 300ml premium tonic water, massive pure ice (large rock ice),
- orange peels (or orange slices), few pink peppercorns.
- At a bar in a hotel renovating a Rajasthan royal palace (Haveli), prepare
- thin-glass balloon glasses.
- Pile large hard-to-melt transparent ice brimmingly to glass rims.
- From luxurious black bottle, quietly pour 45ml each 'Jaisalmer Gin'—trapping Darjeeling green tea, citrus, spice aromas—along ice.
- Bringing nose close, amidst juniper sharpness, lemongrass freshness and earthy spice aromas of cubeb (Java pepper)/coriander spread complexly.
- Threading through ice gaps, slowly pour low-sweetness premium tonic water, lifting lightly just once from bottom with muddler.
- To finish, spray orange peel oil 'spritz' over glass surface, sinking it directly into glass. Float few pink peppercorns as accent. Elegant gin leaving mild green tea aftertaste gracefully washes away spicy Indian food oils—Gin & Tonic for Maharajas.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
(Inside gin) Cubeb、Coriander、Lemongrass
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Hendrick's (as premium gin sub with complex botanical aromas)
Pairing
Tandoori Prawns(Baked shrimp)、Macadamia nuts
Trivia
[Hardcore] Supreme masterpiece lavishly pouring Indian traditional spices/herbs (Ayurvedic knowledge) amidst global craft gin boom. Using 'Darjeeling green tea' as botanical is its greatest feature; the tea astringency/sweetness spreading softly moment held in mouth sublimates gin from mere cocktail base to 'artwork'. Including bottle design, India gin's pride nominated/bought by global bartenders.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Drinking] Dilute with little 'cold green tea (unsweetened)' instead of tonic, drawing out Darjeeling tea leaf botanicals to the limit, pairing with Japanese food or mild seafood!
Allergen
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