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Quintessential Royal

Name: Quintessential Royal
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Americano rosso; 25 ml Scotch whisky; 10 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 2 drop Chocolate bitters

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (16)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Savoia Americano Rosso
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro
2 drop	Chocolate bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Method

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
RIM glass with cacao powder (moisten outside rim with sugar syrup and dip into cacao powder).
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Quintessential Royal contains 176 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
19.4% alc./vol. (38.79° proof)
16.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Americano rosso — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by Andrea Kollcaku at Annabell's in Mayfair, London, England.

Review

The cacao powder rim echoes the subtle chocolate flavours in this tasty bittersweet aperitivo.

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Cynar 1000ml - makes 100 cocktails
$34.99 $0.35 per cocktail Cynar image

$1.18 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 30 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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John CARR Premium Member 1y

Went with the slightly less assertive Cardamaro and, lacking cacoa powder, an extra couple of drops of Bob’s finest choc bitters. Superbly rich, flavoursome, lingering bitter-sweetness (like life), vinous, candied citrus and berry fruits.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Love Cardamaro and it's wine based...no liquer tax in Washington State USA. Plus Bob's everything!

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Agreed re Bob’s! …Go Washington state! 😀

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

Oh no, save your Cardamaro for a Brooklyn's Finest in which she will shine as the subtle and elegant queen that she is.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Or just drinking it straight! A fresh bottle in the post…

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John CARR Premium Member 1y

I don’t believed Ive tried a Brooklyn’s finest- looks great, will definitely be trying soon!

Dan Casselman 4y

Good Scotch and good Vermouth make the difference. The Cocchi provides enough sweetness while the Cynar takes a back seat and does not overpower the Scotch and Cacao. The Cacao bitters (I put a full dash) puts this drink over the top. Well done, another winner. (5 of 8 of “Her Maj’s” Difford cocktails for the Jubilee)

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J&B Rare 750ml - makes 30 cocktails
$24.99 $0.83 per cocktail J&B Rare image

Cynar 1000ml - makes 100 cocktails
$34.99 $0.35 per cocktail Cynar image

$1.18 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 30 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.

Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

Checkout

* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.