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Preparation: In a mixing jar add gin, Martini Bianco and Pisco. Stir well with ice. Pour into a chilled coupe glass. Add three drops of truffle oil and garnish with gypsophila flower. 4. Found In Paradise –Avril Gonsalves, Bar Manager, Kyma After mint, cucumber is one of the perfect mixers for any gin cocktail. Kyma’s April Gonsalves manages to pick out flavours that best match with gin, like grapefruit and cucumber, with an added sweetness of honey. Calling it Found in Paradise, the cocktail takes a tart cucumber-infused gin, amalgamating it with fresh grapefruit juice, grapefruit sparkling water and a dash of honey, creating a perfectly refreshing, not too sweet cocktail that is easy to recreate. Ingredients: 2oz cucumber infused gin 2oz fresh grapefruit juice 2oz grapefruit sparkling water ½ tsp honey 1 cucumber twist 1 small grapefruit wedge for garnish Ice cubes as required Preparation: Mix cucumber-infused gin with a splash of grapefruit tonic, fresh grapefruit juice and honey. Garnish with zucchini and cucumber server in a tall glass with ice. 5. Gin Sour –Nikhil Paranjape, Bar Manager, Bombay High, ITC Maratha Whisky sour is another beloved whisky cocktail that gets a delicious gin twist with the Gin Sour cocktail. Crafted by Nikhil Paranjape, the cocktail is a refreshing recreation of the popular whisky drink. It also gets a unique palate with egg whites and black tea which add a deeper flavour palate, while lime juice keeps it light and refreshing. Ingredients: 1 old fashioned glass 60ml gin 30ml lime juice 30ml sugar syrup 30ml black tea 1 egg white ice as per requirement Preparation: Add ice, gin, lime juice, sugar syrup and egg white in a shaker. Shake it well. Double strain the mixture. Add ice in an old-fashioned glass. Pour the mixture on the ice. Add black tea to the mixture and garnish. 6. Grapefruit & Mint Cooler - Rohit Arawandekar- Operations Head, Taftoon Bar & Kitchen While summer is almost over and the monsoons are yet to arrive, enjoy a refreshing summer cocktail with this grapefruit and mint cooler. Sweet, salty and fruity, the cocktail is a fun concoction of all things grapefruit - grapefruit juice and grapefruit syrup complemented with rosemary and mint. Tangy additions like lime juice and orange juice add just the right amount of zest balancing all the different flavours perfectly. Ingredients: 2-3 rosemary sprigs A handful of mint leaves 20ml grapefruit syrup 60ml fresh grapefruit juice Pinch of salt 10ml lime juice 60ml orange juice Soda Dehydrated orange and mint leaves for garnish Curry Leaf Collins Grapefruit and Mint Cooler Found in Paradise Jamun Sour Death By Truffle Gin Sour 44| L U X E B O O K | J U N E 2 0 2 2 J U N E 2 0 2 2 | L U X E B O O K |45