The easiest entry to saffron cocktails is a saffron simple syrup: bloom 10 threads in 1/2 cup hot water, add 1/2 cup sugar, dissolve. Use 1/2 oz per drink. Build from there.
Three pro tips
- Use the syrup, not the threads, for clean drinks.
- Pair saffron with pisco, gin, vodka, or aged rum.
- Finish with a single thread garnish across the surface.
Three drinks
- Saffron gin sour: gin, saffron syrup, lemon juice, egg white.
- Saffron pisco punch: pisco, saffron syrup, pineapple, lime.
- Saffron Negroni twist: gin, Cocchi Americano, Suze, 1/4 oz saffron syrup.
