Name: Belafonte
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Campari or other red bitter liqueur; 30 ml Port - Dry White; 90 ml Tonic water

Serve in a

Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Garnish:

Orange wheel slice

How to make:

POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.

1 fl oz	Strucchi Red Bitter Liqueur
1 fl oz	Dry white port
3 fl oz	Thomas Henry Tonic Water
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Review:

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

History:

Adapted from a cocktail created in 2o14 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 147 calories.

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
8.18% alc./vol. (16.36° proof)
12.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Belafonte

Serve in a

Garnish: