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

Taxi
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Serve in a Coupe glass

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

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Garnish: Lemon zest twist

How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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.

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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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Nutrition:

One serving of Taxi contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.66% alc./vol. (20.66° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

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