Lavender Lime Thyme Gin Sling
Floral, herbal, and bright gin cocktail
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Fresh thyme leaves stem removed, plus three sprigs for garnish
- 1/4 cup Boiling hot water
- 1/4 cup Lavender syrup Simple syrup works, too
- 1/4 cup Fresh lime juice about 2.5 limes
- 3 slices Fresh lime for garnish
- 4 oz Gin Hendrick's or Bombay
- 3 Old fashioned ice cubes
- 1 can Lemon flavored sparkling water Use sugar-flavored sparkling water such as San Pellegrino
Instructions
- Dump fresh thyme leaves in a cocktail shaker. Pour boiling hot water over them and cover the cocktail shaker. Steep for five minutes.
- Combine fresh lime juice, lavender syrup, and gin in a liquid measuring cup. Pour into thyme water once steeping is done.
- Cover cocktail shaker again and shake, about 20 seconds.
- Drop an old fashioned ice cube into each low ball glass. Strain cocktail shaker contents evently between the glasses, about 3/4 full. Top each glass off with sparkling water. Garnish with lime slice and a sprig of thyme.