Orinoco cocktail

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Cachaça
1 1⁄2 oz Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
1⁄3 oz Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
1⁄4 oz Dutch Cacao white crème de cacao
1⁄3 oz Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of dust with cacao powder.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Dry sherry, chocolate and almond add subtle nuances to a base of cachaça and apple juice.

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History:

Adapted from an originally blended drink created in 2015 by Sergio Padilla at Boca Chica in Barcelona, Spain.

Nutrition:

One serving of Orinoco cocktail contains 215 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 15.15% alc./vol. (15.15° proof)
  • 20.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Mark Shah’s Avatar Mark Shah
17th November 2021 at 17:49
The review mentions coconut but there is no coconut in the ingredients
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
17th November 2021 at 21:33
Thanks for letting me know Mark. Now corrected. So long ago now that I'm not sure if the original blended version was with coconut syrup but I've just made it with each syrup and very much better with orgeat. Indeed, it's a delicious cocktail.
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