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Taxi

Name: Taxi
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Dry vermouth; 22.5 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 5 ml Lime juice; 1.25 ml Absinthe

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂₄ fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

Garnish: Lemon zest twist

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass filled with crushed ice.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Taxi contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.66% alc./vol. (41.32° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in Jacques Straub's 1913 Straub's Manual of Mixed Drinks.

TAXI COCKTAIL
½ Jigger French Vermouth.
½ Jigger Dry Gin.
2 Barspoons Lime Juice.
2 Barspoons Absinthe.
Frappe.
Jacques Straub, Straub's Manual of Mixed Drinks, 1913

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Review

Originally equal parts dry gin and dry vermouth with a splash more absinthe, this super refreshing cocktail is better with the absinthe being forced to shout from backstage and a little extra sweetness provided by splitting the vermouths between equal parts dry and bianco. I've tried using old tom gin and also lemon in place of lime juice but I prefer dry gin and lime juice with lemon reserved for the fragrant garnish.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$33.99 $2.06 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 159.5 cocktails
$17.99 $0.11 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

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Katie ALLEN 2y

I didn’t have lime juice the first time around, but second time with lime juice certainly elevates this. Tastes less alcoholic than it is. Delicious.

Annabelle Egginton 2y

Great pre-dinner aperitif. I didn’t have absinthe which I think it must need. Not overly dry but not sweet either. I like it.

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