With its lightly floral flavour and pretty lilac hue, the Lavender Me mocktail is an undeniable celebration of spring. Created by Salvatore Calabrese for the Donovan Bar at Brown’s Hotel, who are as inventive with their non-alcoholic concoctions as they are with their signature serves, this delicious and delicate cocktail is the ideal seasonal drink.
Named after the influential 1960s photographer Terence Donovan, the glamorous Donovan Bar is one of Mayfair’s chicest hangouts and offers a tantalising cocktail menu created by mixology maestro Salvatore Calabrese. The Lavender Me recipe below works equally well as afternoon refresher or a non-alcoholic aperitif.
Ingredients
15ml lavender sugar*
15ml lemon juice
1 tsp violet food colouring
125ml coconut water
Method
Fill a chilled glass with crushed ice
Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake and then pour gently over the crushed ice
*To make your own lavender sugar, simply combine 500g caster sugar with two tablespoons of chopped, dried lavender buds in an airtight jar. Store for 2-3 days before using.
To book a table in the Donovan Bar at Brown’s Hotel, please email reservations.browns@roccofortehotels.com or call +44 20 7493 602.
Image credit
Richard Wade
Discover how to make the most of a long weekend in London, Florence and Rome, pairing celebrated landmarks with experiences beyond the city. A few days offers just enough time to settle into a destination’s rhythm, while still leaving space for a thoughtfully chosen day trip further afield.
To understand Baroque, you have to understand its ambition. To fully appreciate it, you have to go to southern Italy. Emerging from the Counter-Reformation in early 17th-century Italy, the movement harnessed drama, ornamentation and light in service of devotion – art designed to engage the senses as much as the intellect.
Belgium does not apologise for its obsessions. In a country that has elevated brewing, architecture and surrealism to the level of national philosophy, chocolate occupies its own distinct place: something closer to culture than craft, as central to the country's identity as its quirky humour. To understand this is to understand Brussels itself.
