Recipe

• 1 part gin

• 1 part elderflower cordial

• 3 parts boiling water

Pour the gin and cordial into a mug. Add the hot water straight from the kettle.

Claire invented this at least 10 years ago, and we've been having it occasionally ever since. We're just getting over Covid, and after our first day out of the house in well over a week, this was just what we needed tonight.

Altogether it's what you'd expect: warming, sweet, and with a satisfying gentle burn as it goes down. Simple but glorious.

With summer ending, the nights drawing in and the weather turning colder, we'll be having more of these.