Name: Belafonte
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Red bitter liqueur; 30 ml White port; 90 ml Tonic water

Belafonte
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Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Ingredients:
1 oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
1 oz	Cockburn's White Heights Port
3 oz	Thomas Henry Tonic Water

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Highball (max 10oz/300ml) glass.
Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.
POUR all ingredients into glass.
FILL glass with ice.
Garnish with orange slice wheel.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

White port - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A Portuguese apéritif (Porto Tonico) influenced by a bittersweet Italian aperitivo.

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History:

Adapted from a cocktail created in 2014 by London bartender Cas Oh. This features in his excellent 2020 Co-Specs cocktail book, where he explains that Belafonte is the name of Steve Zizzou's boat in Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic starring Bill Murray as the eccentric oceanographer.

Nutrition:

One serving of Belafonte contains 150 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
8% alc./vol. (8° proof)
12 grams of pure alcohol

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Mike Gibb

28th May at 14:14

I like Campari. I like the heftier Negroni-adjacents (eg Commedia all'Italiana). For the Belafonte, though, I prefer a minor tweak to the recipe to rebalance the Campari to more of a supporting role. 35ml porto blanco, 25ml campari, 100ml tonic.

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Matt

5th August 2024 at 23:25

If you've been drinking Americanos or Bicicletas, you should also be drinking the Belafonte. Fruity from the white port, bitter (and great color) from the Campari - the tonic water ratio stretches the drink, diluting it more that the Americano or Bicicleta while preserving the central flavors. A great and low abv refresher!

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