# Chrysanthemum

A lower-proof, vermouth-led classic scented with honeyed Bénédictine, absinthe, and orange.

Strength: 26% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md)
- 30 ml [Bénédictine](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/benedictine.md)
- 3 dashes [Absinthe](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/absinthe.md)

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Orange twist — Express the peel oils over the drink.

## Method

1. Stir all the ingredients with ice until well chilled.
2. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.

## Related drinks

- [Queen Elizabeth](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/queen-elizabeth.md): Dry vermouth leads this brisk, lower-proof 1930s sour, with Bénédictine supplying honeyed herbs against a full measure of lime.
- [50/50 Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/50-50-martini.md): An equal-parts Martini that lets fresh dry vermouth share the foreground with gin, lifted by orange bitters.
- [Tuxedo No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo-no-1.md): Equal dry gin and vermouth, a broad lemon peel, and absinthe make Harry Craddock’s 1930 Tuxedo branch austere, aromatic, and deliberately distinct from the sweeter original.
- [Astoria](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/astoria.md): Two parts fresh dry vermouth to one part Old Tom gin make this 1931 Waldorf recipe a true reverse Martini, sharpened only by orange bitters.
- [Ford Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ford-cocktail.md): Equal Old Tom gin and dry vermouth make a soft, wine-led nineteenth-century Martini branch, with mere dashes of Bénédictine and orange bitters supplying honeyed herbal detail.
- [Rolls Royce](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rolls-royce.md): A Perfect Martini structure of dry gin and both vermouths gains a small honeyed, herbal accent from Bénédictine.
- [Marguerite](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/marguerite.md): An equal-parts ancestor of the Dry Martini, softer and more wine-led, with orange bitters tying gin to vermouth.
- [Old Pal](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/old-pal.md): Equal rye, Campari, and dry vermouth make this modern Old Pal branch leaner and more austere than its Boulevardier cousin.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chrysanthemum
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/chrysanthemum-0bf1604f.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2338/chrysanthemum