Kumquatini~with recipe!

This is a martini made with kumquat simple syrup (see? I told you that it'd be turning up everywhere), a dash of bitters, and a measure of grand marnier. I rimmed the glass with Demerara sugar and tossed in a candied kumquat for good measure. Delicious.

Just for fun, here's the recipe for two small(ish) kumquatinis:

Ingredients:

• Ice
• 3 oz gin
• 1 oz grand marnier (or another orange liquor)
• 2 tbsp kumquat simple syrup (equal parts water and sugar with kumquats, boiled three times)
• 2 shakes bitters
• Lemon
• Demerara sugar

Procedure:

1. First, rim the glasses: take a small wedge of lemon and run it along the rim of the martini glass. Turn the glass upside down into a saucer of the sugar. Repeat for the other glass.
2. Put a single candied kumquat in each glass.
3. Put ice, gin, grand mariner, simple syrup, and bitters into a shaker.
4. Shake.
5. Pour.
6. Finish with a tiny squeeze lemon.
7. Enjoy.