Name: East India House
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Rum - 6-10yr old Caribbean blended rum; 15 ml Triple sec liqueur (40%); 15 ml Pineapple juice (fresh pressed); 2 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

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

2 fl oz	Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac
1/2 fl oz	Bacardi 8 year old rum
1/2 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40%)
1/2 fl oz	Pineapple juice (fresh pressed)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Review:

Dry and challenging - rewarding for some.

History:

I've adapted this recipe from a classic cocktail, thought to have been created in the 19th century by Harry Johnson: I've doubled the quantities of everything but cognac.

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Nutrition:

One serving of East India House contains 222 calories.

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
27.62% alc./vol. (55.24° proof)
29.2 grams of pure alcohol

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