White Lady
An elegant gin sour with Cointreau, similar to a Sidecar but gin-based.
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Ingredients
- Gin1.5 oz (45 ml)
- Cointreau0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
- Lemon Juice0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
How to make it
- Shake all ingredients with ice.
- Strain into a chilled coupe.
Glass: Coupe
May contain: Gluten. Always check your own bottles.
History
The White Lady is a gin sour with Cointreau and lemon, a cousin of the Sidecar. Harry MacElhone first mixed an earlier crème-de-menthe version around 1919, then refined it into the gin-based classic in the 1920s at Harry's New York Bar in Paris and later Ciro's in London.
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