White Lady白色佳人

Name: White Lady 白色佳人
Ingredients: Gin 40 ml; Triple Sec 30 ml; Lemon Juice 20 ml

Flavour

Taste: Sour
Colour: White
Style: Short drink

Ingredients

Gin40 ml
Triple Sec30 ml
Lemon Juice20 ml

Served

Glass: Martini glass
Ice: Served up
Garnish: Lemon twist
Technique: Shake

Method

Shake the gin, triple sec and lemon juice hard with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass and twist lemon peel over the top.

About this drink

Usually credited to Harry MacElhone, whose first version leaned on crème de menthe; the gin recipe we know dates from the late 1920s, though accounts differ. Structurally it is a Sidecar with gin in place of brandy — spirit, orange liqueur, lemon.