# Too Soon?

A regal shake with thin orange slices gives this gin-and-Cynar sour fragrant peel oils and soft fruit depth without muddling bitterness into the drink.

Strength: 17% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-gin.md)
- 30 ml [Cynar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cynar.md)
- 22.5 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 15 ml [Simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/simple-syrup.md) — Use a one-to-one syrup by weight.
- 2 slices [Orange](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange.md) — Use two thin slices and do not muddle them.

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Method

1. Place the orange slices in a shaker without muddling them, then add the remaining ingredients and cubed ice.
2. Shake hard until thoroughly chilled.
3. Fine-strain into a chilled coupe.

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- [Midnight Stinger](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/midnight-stinger.md): Bourbon and Fernet-Branca meet as equals in a lemon sour over crushed ice, turning the amaro's menthol force into something bracing, cooling, and unexpectedly easy to drink.
- [King's Cobbler](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kings-cobbler.md): Neal Bodenheimer’s smoky rhubarb-amaro cobbler folds fresh strawberry and lemon through crushed ice for a dark, bittersweet answer to the wine-based original.
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- [Gin Fizz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-fizz.md): A brisk gin and lemon highball lengthened with lively soda.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/too-soon
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/too-soon-b8003496.webp
- Recipe source: https://cocktailsdistilled.com/recipe/too-soon/