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Cuban Pete

Cuban Pete

We find this drink rather elegant, with its pale colour and its subtle ingredients. Coconut water is rather unused as a cocktail ingredient, but it works beautifully we think. It is sweet and has a lot of coconut taste, but it doesn't come with the thick creamy (sometimes overwhelming) textures that coconut milk does.⁠ ⁠ Also the chocolate notes here are so good. It's not a whole lot of chocolate liqueur used, but still it shines through in a much delightful way. The lime juice balances the swee
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La Florida

La Florida

This is just a solid Daiquiri riff, adding chocolate and sweet vermouth to the iconic mix - plus tiny amounts of curaçao and grenadine. It works so well, and this cocktail is so full of flavour!⁠ Recipe adapted by Constantino Ribalaigua Vert (from Trader Vic’s Rum Cookery & Drinkery)⁠ Ingredients: 1 oz white rum⁠ 1 oz fresh lime juice⁠ 0,5 oz sweet vermouth⁠ 0,25 oz white crème de cacao⁠ 1 tsp. curaçao⁠ 1 tsp. grenadine⁠ Mixing: Shake all ingredients with fresh ice and strain into a chilled c
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Bourbon and Butter

Bourbon and Butter

Adding peanut butter to a cocktail is unexpected, but actually really tasty. Nutty flavors in general go well in drinks, and peanuts are no exception.⁠ ⁠ It does require some hard shaking though for that creamy butter to really blend with the ice-cold ingredients. And while the leftovers in the shaker might look a bit…weird, the poured cocktail itself is both beautiful, smooth and delicious. Bourbon and Butter Recipe by Declan Mcgurk Ingredients: 1,75 oz bourbon⁠ 0,25 oz cacao liqueur⁠ 0,25 oz
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Battle Over Dutch

Battle Over Dutch

This is another gem from one of Frederic Yarm's [https://www.instagram.com/fredericyarm/] recipe packed cocktail books. It was probably the Swedish punsch in the recipe that caught our interest, along with the cream sherry which is an ingredient we like a lot.⁠ Battle Over Dutch Recipe from Merril & Co Ingredients: 1 oz cream sherry⁠ 1 oz Swedish punsch⁠ 0,5 oz cacao liqueur⁠ 0,5 oz lemon juice Mixing: Shake all ingredients with fresh ice and fine strain into a coupe. Garnish with the oil fro
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Lotta

Lotta

In Södra Sandby, a village in southern Sweden, Skånska Spritfabriken [https://spritfabriken.com/] are producing a line of very interesting gins. And the newest addition is a coffee gin, meaning a gin with a sublime taste of coffee.⁠ ⁠ The possibilities to use this in cocktails are endless, but for our first attempt we created a dessert cocktail with chocolate and orgeat supporting the coffee gin.⁠ ⁠ Turns out the velvety orgeat kind of hugs the coffee gin, and a smooth and silky cocktail is crea
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SUN STEALER

SUN STEALER

We think the Japanese Roku gin is so elegant, and this is the perfect cocktail to showcase it in. Because there is a lot of gin in it, making this a martini-styled drink.⁠ ⁠ But there is sweet vermouth instead of dry, plus there are two surprising additions of sweet chocolate liqueur and super bitter Fernet-Branca. ⁠ ⁠ It all comes together beautifully and forms an interesting and intriguing drink that we are likely to make gain.⁠ Sun Stealer Recipe by Henry Prendergast Ingredients: 2 oz gin⁠
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Vasastan Vesper

Vasastan Vesper

So, technically this drink is not really a Vesper, we know. But those into Swedish geography will get the word play, and we wanted to keep this post very Swedish.⁠ ⁠ Because what could be more Swedish, or at least Scandinavian, than akvavit? For a long time it was only consumed neat, accompanying the Swedish “smorgasbords” both during Easter, Midsummer and Christmas. But something has changed, and now akvavit is a key ingredient in so many cocktails, and it's found at different bars throughout t
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Kretchma

Kretchma

So apparently one of our favourite bars in NYC, Cienfuegos [http://www.cienfuegosny.com/], closed recently. We're actually a bit saddened about that. It was Brian over at Eat This NY [http://eatthisny.com/] who introduced us to Cienfuegos during one of his guided cocktail tours through lower Manhattan a few years ago. Luckily we still have a souvenir skull cocktail pick from the bar. We got it in one of their very strong zombie cocktail and kept it as a fond memory. Today that particular pic
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