Name: Orinoco cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cachaça; 45 ml Apple juice; 10 ml Fino sherry; 7.5 ml White crème de cacao; 10 ml Orgeat syrup

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	White crème de cacao liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of cacao powder.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with a dusting of cacao powder over the cocktail.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) - Nuts

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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
15.19% alc./vol. (15.19° proof)
20.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Meredith Frost

16th May at 22:14

Interesting. I’m always on the lookout for cocktails with no citrus for when I haven’t been to the market and this is one I’ll probably have again. I didn’t taste the orgeat or crème de cocoa like I’d hoped but it is a solid drink. Not too boozy and not too sweet

Mark Shah

17th November 2021 at 17:49

The review mentions coconut but there is no coconut in the ingredients

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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