Chamomile Bee's Knees Mocktail
Riff on the classic Bee's Knees cocktail with the addition of dainty chamomile - while swapping the gin for a juniper infusion - resulting in a floral mocktail that aids with personal transformation.
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Ingredients
Drink Base
- 3/4 cup water
- 5 juniper berries (protection, purification, healing)
- 2 chamomile tea bags (purification, cleansing, healing)
Mixers
- 2 tbsp (1 oz) honey (purification, sweetness, prosperity)
- 2 tbsp (1 oz) lemon juice from approx 1 lemon (purification)
Garnish
- Chamomile buds
- Lemon twist
Instructions
- Gently muddle five juniper berries and add with the tea bags to your boiling water. Steep for five minutes, then remove the berries and squeeze out the tea bags. Stir in honey and put in the fridge until chilled (approx 30 minutes).
- When the honey-chamomile mixture is cold, add it to a shaker with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.
- Shake briefly and strain into two coup glasses.
- Garnish with a chamomile bud or a curl of lemon rind.
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Substitutions
Don’t have juniper berries? This recipe is still delicious without the addition of juniper berries, but then it’s really just a slightly more complex Arnold Palmer. The juniper really goes that extra step to mimic the flavor and bite of gin, so I use them in every mocktail inspired by a gin-based cocktail. I say don’t skip it, but you do you, boo. Want to use a NA gin? I haven’t found a great one yet, but if you have, write to me and let me know about it! Replace the ingredients in the drink base with an equal amount of NA gin. Prefer a different sweetener? See The Ultimate Guide to Mocktail (and Cocktail) Substitutions. Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!