This is Nicholas Horton’s signature drink and uses Boxer gin which is intensely citrus and has a strong juniper flavour. If you can’t get it use another premium gin, preferably export strength. This cocktail also uses a saffron syrup and a vanilla shrub – or syrup made with vinegar instead of water. It’s absolutely worth the effort to make these: the saffron lends a beautiful colour and subtle flavour to the drink, and the vanilla shrub has the effect of both sweetening the
