Ramos Fizz

The Unforgettables Collins glass

Gin

Ingredients

45 ml Gin
15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
30 ml Sugar Syrup
60 ml Cream
30 ml Egg white
3 dash Orange Flower Water
2 drops Vanilla Extract
1 top up Soda Water

Method

Pour all ingredients except soda water in a cocktail shaker with ice, Shake for two minutes, double strain in a glass, pour the drink back in the shaker, and hard shake without ice for one minute. Strain into a highball glass, top up with soda. NOTE: The drink was invented by Henry Ramos in 1888, at his bar Meyer's Table d'Hôtel Internationale in New Orleans. The Ramos Fizz was originally shaken for 12 minutes by a crew of 30 bartenders who passed the shaker from one to another.

Served: Straight up: chilled, without ice