"Flowers are usually a gift for Valentine's Day, but they don't last long. So I created a floral cordial mixture that represents flowers that can be used for many things, from drizzling over pancakes, to even replacing your the usual sugar for tea. It's great for soothing the soul too as chamomile helps to ease the mind."

Chamomile osmanthus syrup

1 tsp dried osmanthus flowers
20g white caster sugar
20g hot water
1 chamomile tea bag

1. In a cup, combine sugar and hot water and stir until dissolved
2. Put tea bag and osmanthus in the mixture
3. Microwave for 5 seconds and strain with fine strainer. Can be stored for 1-2 months

To make the cocktail

30ml gin
20ml lemon juice
15ml chamomile osmanthus syrup

1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker or bottle, shake with ice
2. Fine strain and serve over ice

Dissolved Solids, 43-1, Jalan SS 20/11, Damansara Kim, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

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Ingredients

60ml Tablea-infused dark rum
30ml sweet vermouth
5ml simple syrup (1:1 ratio)
4 dashes orange bitters
Garnish orange Peel

1. To make the tablea rum infusion, combine 1 part unsweetened tablea to 10 parts rum and infuse for three days. Double strain through a metal mesh and cheesecloth
2. Combine ingredients in a rocks glass with a large block of ice and stir for 60 revolutions or more, depending on desired level of dilution
3. Garnish with an orange peel and serve

The Curator Coffee & Cocktails, 134 Legazpi Street, Legazpi Village, Makati, Kalakhang Maynila, Philippines

Cucumber syrup

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 small cucumber, peeled and chopped

1. In a pot, combine sugar and water and stir over medium-high heat until dissolved
2. Let mixture cool, then blend with cucumber in a food processor
3. Double strain and store in bottle

Ingredients

30ml gin
30ml cucumber syrup
Soda water

1. Pour gin and syrup into a highball glass and fill with ice
2. Stir well, then top with soda water
3. Stir lightly and garnish with mint and cucumber slices

Sweetea Caffe, 15A &, 15B Trengganu Street, Singapore 058469

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