Invented by Frank Meier at the Ritz Hotel in Paris in the 1920s. It was an instant hit and immensely popular during the prohibition in the USA. The dictionary superlatives used for this cocktail is “superb” “fantastic” and “cool”&nbsp;Bartender Tip:Double strain to filter any little piece of ice.

Easy

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Bitter

Sour

Sweet

Bee's Knees

Cut your lemon ready for squeezing and a zest for garnish

Fruit Zester

Knife

Prepare

Fill your martini glass and shaker with cubed ice

Ice scoop

Martini glass

Shaker

Pour in all the ingredients in the shaker

Jigger

Mexican Elbow Juicer

Orange juice

Lemon juice

Honey Water

Add Ingredients

Shake

Empty the ice from your martini glass back into the ice bucket

Empty

Fine strain the drink from the shaker into your glass

Fine Strainer

Fine Strain

Spray the oils from the zest over the drink for that citrus aroma and garnish

Bee's Knees

The Bee's Knees Cocktail

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