Name: Bonaparte
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 90 ml Soda (club soda) water; 30 ml Espresso coffee (hot); 45 ml Mandarin liqueur

Bonaparte
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
3 oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water
1 oz	Espresso coffee (freshly brewed & hot)
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Mandarine Napoleon liqueur

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.
POUR chilled soda water into an ice-filled glass.
ADD freshly brewed hot espresso coffee so it layers on the sparkling water.
Lastly, POUR the mandarin liqueur (the tasty part of the Bonaparte), which will sink through the coffee layer, pulling the drink together while leaving the coffee's crema on the surface.
Garnish with orange slice.

Review:

Zesty mandarin orange and espresso coffee served as a tall, refreshing cocktail. A tall drink named after a short man!

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History:

Created 20th February 2014 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bonaparte contains 143 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
9.42% alc./vol. (9.42° proof)
15.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Matt

4th June at 03:06

A tall and refreshing highball, with subtle flavor. If you are a fan of Mandarine Napolean you should definitely try this - the soda dilutes the espresso into the background, and the distinct twist on orange flavor of Mandarine skims along the top of the taste (but you will need to look for it). Not a sweet or syrupy drink - it is refreshing, light, balanced on the edge of sweetness and with a mild earthiness and faint bitterness from the espresso. Very creative use of only 3 ingredients! I like the idea of James McMakin below, in adding small amounts of other liqueurs/liquors to bend the flavor another direction.

james McMakin

28th May 2023 at 19:32

Added a 10ml float of Aalborg Akvavit and called it Denmark-Norway joins Napoleon. Like in 1814 when D/N sides with France after Britain steals their fleet.

Anonymous

28th November 2020 at 13:08

Rafraîchissant, mêlant finement les saveurs de café et mandarine.

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