*sluuurp*

[arethinn]

Currently drinking a 209 Martini that I made too heavy on the vermouth at first (I like a fairly strong proportion of vermouth by modern standards, but I overdid it in this case), so I corrected by adding a smidge of Empress 1908, which is very violet in color because of butterfly pea. The resulting cocktail is such a cool color. It's like a haunting pale lavender that you can only see in certain lights, looks completely clear in others, and if you catch it just right kind of has a vibrant violet gleam on the surface. I didn't garnish it with anything, but while normally I would think of a lemon twist for this sort of floral angle (vs. an olive), I wonder if like... a violet petal would be good. And maybe a drop of creme de violette to echo an Aviation?

Comments

[zeeth_kyrah]

You could add a violet straight up, they're edible flowers. And then you could call it a "humble martini" ;)

[dropdeadcreepy]

I skimmed over your blog and became quite intrigued. Lovely blog you have. :)