Floral cocktails - Lottie Muir

Delight your senses with this bountiful collection of 40 recipes for floral-flavoured cocktails.

No longer the reserve of the cocktail garnish, flowers are taking centre stage in the most delectable drinks. From a subtle rose petal vodka to a heady honeysuckle syrup, adding a floral liqueur, essence or syrup to a cocktail adds a depth of flavour and complexity which will dazzle and delight. Lottie Muir, the creator the Midnight Apothecary pop-up cocktail bar, set in a roof garden in London, has designed over 40 ways to include edible flowers in drinks. Recipes include a Gorse Collins with a beautiful, delicate almond and honey flavour and a Berried Treasure, inspired by a French 75, using Elderflower Liqueur to provide sweetness mixed with gin, lemon juice and champagne. From a sparkling Lavender Gin Fizz to a Hibiscus Mojito there's a glorious cocktail for all budding mixologists.

Lottie Muir is a gardener by day, and a botanical-cocktail mixologist by night, at work in the rooftop garden of the Brunel Museum in London. Her work has featured in Vogue magazine, and Midnight Apothecary was chosen as one of the top three rooftop bars in London by TNT magazine. 'Wild Cocktails from the Midnight Apothecary' is her first book.

Exquisite images of plant powered cocktails that will take your breath away in all of their spring glory. -OrganicboiMagazine