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The Benevolent

Name: The Benevolent
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Blanco tequila; 30 ml Cold brew coffee; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Averna); 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 1 dash Mole bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Blanco tequila
1 fl oz	Cold brew coffee
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Amaro (e.g. Averna)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
1 dash	Mole bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare coffee beans for garnish.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice).
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with 3 coffee beans floated in a petal formation in the centre of the cocktail's foamy head.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of The Benevolent contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
12.08% alc./vol. (24.15° proof)
13 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Justin Campbell for Mason restaurant in Santa Monica, USA.

Review

This tequila-laced coffee cocktail is relatively light in alcohol and perfect as an aperitivo or digestive.

As a longstanding trustee of the UK's drinks industry charity, which until recently was called The Benevolent, it was the name that drew this cocktail to my attention. The Benevolent was founded in 1986 to support colleagues in the drinks industry in need. Its name was changed to the Drinks Trust in March 2020 to better convey its purpose.

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Averna Amaro 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
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Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
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$2.86 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Mariusz Twardowski 2y

Made it exactly as written and thought it was too sweet. 1 or 1/2 tsp of simple syrup should be adequate. Smooth, balanced and rather subtle. Opens up nicely after the pour.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 2y

Not unpleasant but the coffee overwhelmed the other ingredients. Maybe my espresso is too strong (I don't do cold brew)

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