Dave phoned before I left work and I instructed him to experiment with all our myriad cocktail ingredients and devise me a purple cocktail for my purple month drink theme. I mentioned gin. And blue curacao. And grenadine.
Anyway when I got back, this is what I found - a very fetching concoction with blueberries skewered through a cornflower stalk. Very creative.
Unfortunately it was fairly vile and sickly. I sipped a bit to make some room, added some ice cubes and a tot of gin and it became far more acceptable.
Dave was just about standing up having had to 'test' out several versions before alighting on just the right purple ...
