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Grappa with lemon and chamomile honey: soft and floral, with a rustic edge from the grape skins.

Home-bar collection version

For one serving

Ingredients

  • Grappa
    45 ml / 1.52 US fl oz
  • Lemon Juice
    22.5 ml / 0.76 US fl oz
  • Honey Syrup

    IBA adds 15 ml of chamomile cordial (a chamomile liqueur); the home version leaves it out and doubles the honey syrup

    30 ml / 1.01 US fl oz
  • Chamomile

    Brew one tea bag strong and use it in place of water in the honey syrup

    1 piece
  • Egg Whiteoptional

    Just a few drops

    5 drops
  • Grapesoptional

    White grapes, for garnish

    3 pieces

US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.

To garnishLemon twist

Make it

  1. Steep the chamomile tea bag in a little hot water until strong, mix it 1:1 with honey to make a syrup, and let it cool.
  2. Add the grappa, lemon juice, chamomile honey syrup and egg white to a shaker with ice and shake hard for about 10 seconds.
  3. Fill a small old-fashioned glass with ice and strain the drink into it.
  4. Express a lemon peel over the drink and garnish with a few white grapes.

Behind the drink

Created in 2021 by Samuele Ambrosi of Grappa Revolution and Leonardo Varesi of Riva Bar.

Recipe reference

Based on the current IBA spec, leaving out the 15 ml of chamomile liqueur (listed by IBA as cordial) and doubling the chamomile honey syrup to 30 ml; see the ingredient notes.

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