Garnish:
Float single coffee bean
How to make:
SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. Carefully POUR coffee liqueur into centre of the cocktail (it should sink to create a dark layer at the bottom of the cocktail).
| 5/6 fl oz | Monkey 47 gin |
| 1/3 fl oz | Dutch Cacao white crème de cacao |
| 1/2 fl oz | Lillet Blanc (or other aromatized wine) |
| 1/4 fl oz | Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur |
| 1/6 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/12 fl oz | Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur |
Read about cocktail measures and measuring.
History:
The Vervet is a species of monkey with a white body and a black head and this served as an inspiration for this layered, faintly coffee and banana influenced riff on a 20th Century cocktail. Fittingly, this cocktail finishes with enlivening coffee.
Alcohol content:
- 1.1 standard drinks
- 24.07% alc./vol. (48.14° proof)
- 15.6 grams of pure alcohol
Difford's Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.
Join the Discussion
... comment(s) for The Vervet
You must log in to your account to make a comment.