You can take your cocktail recipes to a whole new level with a drop or two of Holy Lama Spice Drops, which we sent our members in their April 2020 Gin of the Month box. From cardamon, saffron, and vanilla to mint, rose and lavender, these spiced elixirs are the prefect way to bring a whole world of flavour through your door and into your gin cocktails!

These delicious spice drops from Holy Lama already have a seal of approval from the UK’s top chefs - they did help David Atherton clinch victory in the Great British Bake Off after all. It’s no wonder then that these little droplets of joy are also fantastic in cocktail recipes. They can really help you raise your mixology game to knew heights and are the key to making your parties and cosy nights in rich with spice flavours. Especially in these two fantastic cocktail recipes that are perfect for trying at home!

Asian Gin Fizz

Ingredients

60ml gin (Perfume Trees would be our first choice but any London Dry Gin can work)
25ml coconut cream
15ml lemon juice
15ml lime juice
25ml Thai basil syrup
1 egg white
1 drop Holy Lama Lemongrass Spice Drops
Soda water, to top up

Method

First you will need to make your Thai basil syrup, which is very easy to do with this recipe: Add three sprigs of Thai basil to 100ml simmering water for two minutes. Strain and add the Thai Basil cold water (this stops the cooking and helps maintain the colour). Blitz the sprigs and the now cold water in which you simmered them in your blender. Strain and add 100g of caster sugar. Mix well until the sugar is dissolved and use within a month.

Add all of your ingredients apart from the soda water to your shaker. Shake once without ice to emulsify the egg white and then again with ice. Strain into a highball glass with two ice cubes, top up with soda water and serve.

Lemongrass Martini

Ingredients

40ml gin (Perfume Trees is ideal but another fragrant London Dry Gin will be just as delicious)
35ml white vermouth
1 drop Holy Lama Lemongrass Spice Drops
5ml rosemary syrup*
Lemon twist, to garnish

Method

You will need to make your rosemary syrup first, here’s how: Combine 1 drop of Holy Lama Rosemary Spice Drops with 50ml of simple syrup (100g of sugar dissolved in 100ml of water). Use within a month. 

Stir in a pint glass or shaker full of ice and then strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish and serve.

Variety is the spice of life!

Holy Lama’s range of Spice Drops are not only great in bespoke cocktails like the ones above, they are also a divine way to liven up some of your favourite classic cocktails too!

Their Holy Lama Cardamom Spice Drops have that quintessentially Indian spice flavour that works so well in a Clover Club, for instance, and their Holy Lama Saffron Spice Drops have a rich decadent flavour that really elevates a French 75.

To spice up an Aviation, Holy Lama Vanilla Spice Drops offer a perfectly mellow sweetness and Holy Lama Mint Spice Drops will certainly make your Gimlet sing.

You also have to try a Pink Lady with a drop of Holy Lama Rose Spice Drops and give your Bee’s Knees an added floral bouquet with Holy Lama Lavender Spice Drops. And the list could go on, these little droplets of spice are just so versatile!

The rainbow of flavours in the Holy Lama range means everyone can find their favourite cocktail/spice combination.

Holy Lama Spice Drops do so much more than just taste good though. They do good too! These ethically-made drops are the product of a family business, which is committed to sustainability and the employment disadvantaged women in their local community in Kerala, India. Plus, these natural extracts are vegan and free of sugar, gluten, alcohol, artificial colouring and artificial flavour. So they are as light on conscience as they are tasty on the tongue!

Discover the Holy Lama Spice Drops range for yourself on Holy Lama’s website, and use promo code GINDROPS to get 10% off your purchase.