Buona Sera Shot

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (39 ratings)

Glass:

Serve in a Shot glass

Ingredients:
12 oz Disaronno amaretto
12 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
12 oz Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a SHOT GLASS.
  2. No garnish to prepare.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Serve naked, without garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 4/10

Review:

The use of a dry, or at least not so sweet, espresso-style coffee liqueur is essential to the flavour and balance of this rum-laced nutty coffee shot.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Buona Sera Shot contains 135 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 0.8 standard drinks
  • 24.02% alc./vol. (48.04° proof)
  • 10.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Caitlin Eisner’s Avatar Caitlin Eisner
18th November at 03:31
Improved with a small dash of lime juice.
Asher Günther’s Avatar Asher Günther
3rd November 2022 at 12:25
I don't quite understand how the shot could possibly come out coloured as the picture with Mr Black (or Kahlua) included
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
3rd November 2022 at 13:34
Agreed! A 20+ year old pre-digital photography pic. I've just made and shot with my phone (pic will appear soon) as a temporary image until Dan is able to reshoot and replace.
G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
1st October 2021 at 21:21
"A sweet shot". Say no more.