Add gin and the lime cordial to a cocktail shaker.
Fill with ice and shake until cold.
Strain into a coupe glass.
Garnish with a lime peel.
Notes
Gimlet, was created out of necessity when Vitamin C was needed and citrus fruit was the best way to consume it. British sailors and their officers consumed so much of it that they started to mix it with their daily doses of rum, gin and water and that mix gained the popular name of “Limeys”.