For Spring, This May Be Your Thing!
This Hummingbird Cocktail is refreshing, bright with citrus and lightly floral. Everything you want in a cocktail this time of year. But, warning, you’re going to want more than just one.
I have been gathering quite the collection of cocktail bitters over the past couple of years. So many bitters, so little time! Lavender bitters is one of my recent additions. This is a “seasoning” popping up in all kinds of cocktails these days. It adds a light floral flavor to your drink. So I’ve decided, I’m really going to get my lavender on, what better for spring? Just as long as you don’t go to heavy on the bitters, it’s delicious.
This Hummingbird Cocktail is shared from a recent post from imbibemagazine.com
By the way, another suggestion for your lavender bitters, also from Imbibe Magazine – try it in your “Bees Knees”. Here’s a link to my recipe for a beautiful twist on the classic “Bees Knees”. It’s a Matcha Bee Cocktail. Just add a few dashes of lavender bitters to this beautiful springtime cocktail – Here’s a link: https://wp.me/p9KEfL-1SF
A Hummingbird In The Hand
A few years ago, my neighbor netted his grapes to keep them safe from the birds. If you don’t protect your grapes, in a matter of hours, they will be completely eaten by the birds, as they seem to know instinctively, just when the grapes have reached perfection. Our yard is right on the edge of his grapevines. I was standing pretty close to them when I heard an odd sound. It was a beautiful hummingbird that had become trapped under the net. She or he was fluttering about madly, trying to get free. Carefully, I put my hand under the net and cupped the hummingbird in my hand. I was able to pull her out and let her go free. Literally, I had a bird in the hand!
I have to say, in a million years, I never would have thought that I would hold a hummingbird in my hand. Although I only held her for a moment, she was spectacular! As light as air and so incredibly still. When I let her go, she certainly seemed well and was on her way.
As strange as it was to hold this precious and tiny bird, I did get to enjoy watching one sitting on her nest tending her eggs. My sister has a tree outsider her kitchen window and the hummingbird was there, all day, everyday. It was a beautiful sight. Oh, I do love hummingbirds!
(Click on the video link above to see a Hummingbird at the feeder in my sister Laura’s garden. P.S. … Happy Birthday Laura! 4/24!)
How To Make A Hummingbird Cocktail
To make honey simple syrup, add equal parts honey and water to a small sauce pan. Heat over medium heat until the honey has fully dissolved. Let the syrup cool, then store in a sealed jar in the refrigerator. It should keep well for up to 30 days.
Into a cocktail shaker filled 1/2 with ice, add 2 ounces of white rum with 1/2 ounce of honey syrup, 3/4 ounces fresh squeezed lemon juice, 4 drops of orange blossom water with 2 dashes of lavender bitters. Shake well, then strain into a chilled coup glass. Garnish with a fresh lavender bud, or sprinkle a few dried buds on top.
Another option, shake and then serve over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
Cheers to Spring!
Ingredients
- 2 ounces white rum
- 1/2 ounce honey simple syrup
- 3/4 ounces freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 4 drops orange blossom water
- 2 dashes lavender bitters
Glass: Chilled Coup
Garnish: Lavender flower, or organic dried lavender buds
For the honey simple syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup honey
Instructions
- Into a cocktail shaker filled 1/2 with ice, add 2 ounces of white rim with 1/2 ounce of honey syrup, 3/4 ounces fresh squeezed lemon juice, 4 drops of orange blossom water with 2 dashes of lavender bitters.
- Shake well, then strain into a chilled coup glass.
Garnish with a fresh lavender bud, or sprinkle a few dried buds on top.
To make honey simple syrup
- Add equal parts honey and water to a small sauce pan.
- Heat over medium heat until the honey has fully dissolved.
- Let the syrup cool, then store in a sealed jar in the refrigerator.
- It should keep well for up to 30 days.
- Cheers to Spring!
Karen Harris https://www.bittersaltysoursweet.com
