Bee's Knees蜂膝

Aroma

Fruity

Body

Crisp

Taste

SourSweet

Colour

White

Style

Short drink

• Gin52.5 ml
• Lemon Juice22.5 ml
• Orange Juice22.5 ml
• Honey2 teaspoons

Glass

Coupe

Ice

Served up

Garnish

Lemon twist

Technique

Shake

Stir the honey into the lemon and orange juice until it dissolves, then shake with the gin and ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Honey that has not been loosened first will sink.

The name is 1920s slang for something first-rate. The story that honey and citrus were there to cover rough Prohibition gin is often repeated and hard to verify. The earliest printed recipes are gin, honey and lemon alone; the splash of orange juice used here comes from David Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks of 1948.