Name: Bonsai
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Fino sherry; 25 ml Umeshu plum sake; 15 ml Chili liqueur; 10 ml Palo cortado sherry; 2 dash Absinthe

Bonsai
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
⁵⁄₆ oz	Akashi-Tai Shiraume Ginjo Umeshu
¹⁄₂ oz	Chili liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Lustau Palo Cortado Península Sherry
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest discarded.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry, Palo cortado sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Savoury and spicy, this is an aperitivo cocktail, that is unless you need a chili-spiced kick-start to your day over breakfast – in which case perhaps rename this Wakey Wakey. Its enlivening spice has a curry-like appeal that makes this cocktail difficult to stop sipping on.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in September 2022 by Juan Jose Orellano Peñalver, a bartender at The Savoy Hotel in London, England. Juan Jose says, he took "inspiration from the Bamboo cocktail, my roots from South of Spain and my travelling time in Asia."

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bonsai contains 121 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
15.3% alc./vol. (15.3° proof)
14.6 grams of pure alcohol

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