Name: CIA
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 15 ml Applejack brandy; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

CIA
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Serve in a Shot glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₂ oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro
¹⁄₂ oz	Applejack brandy bottled-in-bond (50% alc./vol)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select a Shot glass.
POUR all ingredients (preferably chilled) into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

My own preference is to sip half-sized serves of CIA from a Copita cup – it's too tasty to appreciate in a gulp.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in circa 2012 by Tonia Guffey at Dram bar in New York City. Originally named the Triple A for amaro, Angostura and applejack, the CIA name, an acronym of Cynar In Applejack, was the idea of broadcaster and bar entrepreneur Sother Teague.

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Nutrition:

One serving of CIA contains 57 calories

Alcohol content:

0.7 standard drinks
30.33% alc./vol. (30.33° proof)
9.2 grams of pure alcohol

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