Ladyland Fizz, Mocktail & Cocktail

Named after writer and activist Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880 - 1932). The name of this mocktail is an ode to the feminist Utopia imagined in Hossain’s, Sultana’s Dream, where women are in charge, war and crime have been eliminated, and great technological strides have been made: this is Ladyland. Cheers to Begum for her unyielding pursuit of education, her humorous approach to the advancement of equality, and for dreaming as wildly as Ladyland!

Ingredients

• 1 oz Cardamommy syrup

• 1 oz fresh squeezed lime juice

• 2 oz unsweetened coconut milk

• optional: 1.5 - 2 oz gin

• top with sparkling water

• garnish with rose powder

Instructions

• Powder dried rose petals in a spice grinder and put into a salt shaker

• Mix the syrup, lime juice, and coconut milk in a cocktail shaker or a blender

• Pour into a glass, fill the glass with ice, and top with sparkling water, stirring gently to incorporate

• Garnish with a good shake of the rose powder