Two UK number one albums in the bag; feted by Karl Lagerfeld; up for Best British Solo Female Artist at this month’s BRITS, having won ‘best breakthrough act’ in 2010: how does the Camberwell beauty keep her machine oiled? According to my spies, by drinking tea at her local, The Crooked Well. Soup up your cuppa, Flo! Try their take on modern American classic, the Earl Grey MarTEAni. Two, and you’ll be Hurricane Drunk.
Make it...
Steep 6 Earl Grey tea bags in 200 ml gin (Tanqueray) for 10 minutes. Strain. Allowing 50 ml infused gin per drink, shake with ice, 1 egg white, 25 ml fresh lemon juice, 30 ml sugar syrup (gomme). Strain into sugar-rimmed martini glass.
Drink it…The Crooked Well SE5; Berry Bar, Hilton London Green Park, W1(served in a frozen teapot) ; Sygn, Edinburgh; Hotel du Vin, Bristol; Jakes, Leeds; Beagle Bar, Moreton-in-the-Marsh; Ginger’s Bar, Birmingham.
