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Oriental Tartini

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (16)
Oriental Tartini image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
2/3 fl oz Lychee liqueur
2/3 fl oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist &/or skewered lychee.

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
  2. Optionally, garnish with skewered lychee.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Oriental Tartini contains 150 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 18.03% alc./vol. (36.06° proof)
  • 19.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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History

Created in 2004 by yours truly.

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Review

A sour, tart, fruity cocktail with more than a hint of lychee.

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Comments & Discussion

Michael Z
Keeping in mind Difford's review of "sour, tart", I think its nicely balanced. I did use a sweeter, berry-infused gin the second time, and that helped.
score: 0
Mike Hobson
We're just enjoying one of these now, and have to disagree somewhat with the previous comments, we think it's an appealing combination. We're using Marie Brizard lychee liqueur, and it stands up to the grapefruit very well but we did use supermarket pink grapefruit juice. My gin choice was poor, we used Edinburgh cannonball which is too strong and lingers on the palate after the fruit has gone. However, as long as you think of it as a sort-of lychee gin martini, I think it's worth trying.....
score: 1
Hyunwoo Shim
Totally agreed with Miriam's opinion.. i also tried with 1 and 2 spoons of grapefruit syrup.. but it worse. the balance of the bitterness is hard to adjust.
score: 1
Miriam Herbert
Unfortunately, the gin and pink grapefruit juice make a very bitter combination - too much for my taste. Lychee liquor is very subtle and cannot balance the bitterness out.
score: 1

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Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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