Name: Absinthe Daiquiri
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Light white rum; 10 ml Agricole rhum; 7.5 ml Absinthe; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 10 ml Chilled water; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Absinthe Daiquiri
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Nick & Nora

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₃ oz	Rhum Clément Blanc
¹⁄₄ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water chilled
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

It's surprising both how much absinthe you can use in this bite-sized cocktail and then how much sugar is needed to tame it. Hit the balance and all these huge flavours play together harmoniously.

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History:

Adapted from a cocktail made for me in September 2022 by Nate at Lulu White bar in Paris, France. Nate used a blend of light white rum and Clarin Communal Rum telling me this funky rum was key to balancing the huge favours of the absinthe. In an effort to keep my back bar in check, I used rhum blanc agricol for my funk.

Nutrition:

One serving of Absinthe Daiquiri contains 149 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
16.62% alc./vol. (16.62° proof)
13.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Difford

5th July 2024 at 17:01

Agreed. I’ve increased the measures by 1.5 times to add much need volume.

John Hinojos

20th August 2024 at 04:59

Still found it a bit sweet. Added some daiquiri bitters, but would consider leaving out the sugar syrup entirely if I wanted a more sour cocktail. I would have used Clarin, but my bottle is getting low and it is hard to get here in San Diego.

Simon Sedgley

5th July 2024 at 05:41

It's a pretty small drink. We doubled everything, which takes it to only two standard drinks. A lovely, beautifully balanced daquiri.

John Hinojos

19th March 2023 at 00:09

Anything with rhum Agricole and Absinthe is perfect for me. This is amazing. Nicely tart with the wonderful tastes of the rum/rhum. The absinthe adds exotic herbal hints.