You've Got Mail

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Cachaça
1⁄2 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1⁄4 oz Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
1 2⁄3 oz Brut champagne/sparkling wine
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Orange slice wheel

How to make:

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with sparkling wine.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Superbly refreshing - cachaça and citrus with flavoursome honeyed richness, invigorated with sparkling wine.

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History:

Adapted from Dave Wondrich's riff on the classic Airmail.

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Nutrition:

One serving of You've Got Mail contains 219 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 14.23% alc./vol. (14.23° proof)
  • 22.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Andre Derailleur’s Avatar Andre Derailleur
5th January 2024 at 10:25
Liked it a lot, but the picture doesn’t seem to match a daring wit orange an lime juic on it.
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Andre Derailleur’s Avatar Andre Derailleur
9th January 2024 at 01:57
Sorry about my very poor proofing!
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
6th January 2024 at 15:04
Agreed! I've made a note to rephotograph.
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