Name: Bee's Knees (with rum and cream)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Light white rum; 37.5 ml Navy rum (ideally 54.5% alc./vol.); 2 Honey; 30 ml Orange juice; 30 ml Cream

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1/4 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 1/4 fl oz	Navy rum (ideally 54.5% alc./vol.)
2 barspoon	Honey
1 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1 fl oz	Single cream/half-and-half
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Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR honey with rum until honey dissolves. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Single cream/half-and-half – Dairy

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Review:

Smooth and orangey to start, with a rum and honey finish.

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Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
19.3% alc./vol. (38.6° proof)
26.1 grams of pure alcohol

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