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Manzanita

Name: Manzanita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Manzanilla sherry; 30 ml Gin; 20 ml Pear liqueur; 7.5 ml Apple/cider eau-de-vie; 7.5 ml Orgeat syrup; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (2)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa Sherry
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
²⁄₃ fl oz	Giffard Poire William liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Apple/cider eau-de-vie
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of dehydrated apple slice.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with dehydrated apple slice floated on cocktail.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Manzanita contains 190 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
19.75% alc./vol. (39.51° proof)
20.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Manzanilla sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) — Nuts

History

Created by yours truly in May 2025.

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Review

Orchard fruit fortified with gin and aromatised with sherry and almond.

Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa 750ml - makes 18.5 cocktails
$16.99 $0.92 per cocktail Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa image

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$33.99 $1.36 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$14.99 $0.15 per cocktail

$2.43 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 18.5 cocktails.
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Mike Gibb Premium Member 49w

With Belle de Brillet, Magloire Calvados VSOP, I get pear with apple, made savoury from the salty manzanilla, a touch of vanilla, nothing from the orgeat. A little sweet for an aperitif. There's something outstanding nearby. To repeat.

Mike Gibb Premium Member 1w

Dear Simon, your [Manzanita] is excellent (I've drunk it, and thoroughly enjoyed it, 8x since discovering it a year ago). Can I ask what specific apple/ cider eau-de-vie you used? (It's near-perfect as I make it, with Magloire VSOP calvados, Belle de Brillet, Lustau manzanilla, Monin orgeat. Could it be better/ 'perfect'?)
The equinox has just passed, and no doubt I'll be drinking a few more in the autumnal days/ weeks to come.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1w

Thanks, Mike. I use Somerset Apple Eau de Vie:
https://www.diffordsguide.com/beer-wine-spirits/989/somerset-apple-eau-de-vie

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