The Car Wash Menu
Tiered gin fizz with elderflower, cucumber & gold leaf — value defined one tier at a time
She created a menu of services and attached specific prices.
Why this cocktail? Jennifer learned to define value at a neighborhood car wash. This tiered fizz is entrepreneurship in a glass.
The Story
Read the full story →As a child, Jennifer ran a car wash with a tiered pricing menu. Tires: one fee. Spokes: another. This gin fizz is built in visible tiers — elderflower for elegance, cucumber for the clarity of defined value, and gold leaf because even a child's enterprise deserves to shine.
Ingredients
- 2 oz gin
- 1 oz elderflower liqueur
- 0.5 oz lime
- Cucumber slices
- Edible gold leaf
- Soda water
Preparation
- 1.Shake gin, elderflower, and lime with ice.
- 2.Strain into a tall glass with cucumber.
- 3.Top with soda water.
- 4.Float gold leaf on top.
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