Silver Needle Melon Martini
A delicate martini featuring Silver Needle-infused gin, fresh honeydew, and elderflower—light, floral, and impossibly smooth.
Silver Needle's subtlety makes it a natural partner for gin. The tea's downy sweetness softens gin's juniper bite, creating an infusion that tastes like a garden in early spring—floral, green, and utterly refined.
Infuse the gin for just 60 minutes. Silver Needle is gentle, and over-steeping in alcohol extracts unwanted vegetal notes. You want the pale gold color and sweet aroma, nothing more.
Fresh honeydew juice is the star mixer. Blend and strain ripe melon to get a silky, naturally sweet juice that bridges the tea-infused gin and the elderflower liqueur into one seamless sip.
For a non-alcoholic version, cold-brew Silver Needle overnight, mix with honeydew juice and elderflower cordial, and serve over ice with a splash of soda. Every bit as elegant, just softer.
Ingredients
- 60 ml gin
- 1 tbsp Silver Needle white tea leaves
- 60 ml fresh honeydew juice (blended and strained)
- 15 ml elderflower liqueur
- 10 ml fresh lime juice
- Honeydew slice for garnish
How to make it
- 1Infuse gin: add Silver Needle leaves to gin in a sealed jar for 60 minutes. Strain and discard leaves.
- 2Blend a chunk of ripe honeydew melon and strain through a fine sieve to get fresh juice.
- 3Combine infused gin, honeydew juice, elderflower liqueur, and lime juice in a shaker with ice.
- 4Shake well for 10 seconds until frosty cold.
- 5Double-strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a thin honeydew slice on the rim.
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