Name: Eastern Promises
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rum - White (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old light; 15 ml Vermouth - Rosso (sweet) vermouth; 30 ml Orange juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 Peychaud's / Creole bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Mandarin zest

How to make:

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

2 fl oz	Bacardi Carta Blanca light rum
1/2 fl oz	Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
1 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
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Bacardi Carta Blanca light rum, 70cl

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Review:

This rum-based drink was apparently inspired by the golden age of the cocktail, with aromatic mandarin, tart lime, bittersweet vermouth resulting in an elegant cocktail with a complex finish.