Passoã 'The Passion Drink' Liqueur

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Passoã is the world's best-selling passion fruit liqueur and was used in the original Porn Star Martini cocktail, created by Douglas Ankrah in 2002.

Passoã continues to be a key ingredient in this iconic cocktail when made by bartenders around the world. It is also used in numerous other cocktails (please click the "View cocktails" link above.)

Passoã's distinctive black bottle features a brightly coloured sunset, referring to the brand's "sunset spirit, catch the sunset vibe" and its appeal as a happy hour, after-work, and aperitivo social occasion liqueur.

Passoã is made with real passion fruit and no artificial flavours. It has a distinctive carmine pinky-red colour, so along with its intensely tropical fruity flavour, can add an attractive red hue to a cocktail.

Launched in 1986 and originally 20% alc./vol., Passoã's remains this strength in the USA but (since 2005) in the rest of the world Passoã is 17% alc./vol..

Ingredients
Water, alcohol, sugar, reconstituted passionfruit juice from Brazil (2%), flavours (including passion fruit), acidy regulator: E331, acid: citric acid, stabilizer: E445, colours: E122 and E102.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 01/08/2023

Appearance:

Cloudy, lurid, bright carmine pinky red.

Aroma:

Fragrant, passionfruit hard candy boiled sweets and grapefruit zest.

Taste:

Lightly syrupy and honeyed with sweetness balanced by citric acidity. Cooked passionfruit, zesty grapefruit and cherry.

Aftertaste:

Passionfruit and grapefruit zest with lingering citric acidity.

Overall:

Balanced passionfruit and grapefruit, with a shot of acidity balancing a lightly syrupy texture, a touch of cherries and honeyed citrus.