I still learn this lesson almost every time I throw a party: you gotta’ have a few drinks up your sleeve for the guest that doesn’t normally indulge or doesn’t care for the taste of alcohol. I’ll have pitchers of Manhattans, beer, gin, etc., and yet I always have the guest who ends up asking for a coke because they can’t think of anything spirited they want. The Maiden’s Prayer is a good solution. I’d say it falls into the screwdriver family of non-threatening cocktails. A “try it, you’ll like it” cocktail…

Here we go –

• 1 oz gin
• 1 oz Cointreau
• 1 ½ oz orange juice
• 1 ½ oz lemon juice

Shake ingredients with plenty of ice in a shaker till frothy cold. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with an orange twist.