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Art de Vivre (Art of Living)

Name: Art de Vivre (Art of Living)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Mastiha liqueur; 5 ml Fernet liqueur; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Chocolate bitters

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Mastiha liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 dash	Chocolate bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Art de Vivre (Art of Living) contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
27.39% alc./vol. (54.77° proof)
19.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a drink created by Thanos Prunarus at Baba Au Rum, Athens. Originally with 50ml Martell Cordon Bleu cognac.

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Review

Cognac freshened and flavoured with Mastiha, Fernet Branca and chocolate bitters.

Skinos Mastiha 700ml - makes 46.5 cocktails
$36.99 $0.80 per cocktail Skinos Mastiha image

Fernet Branca 375ml - makes 75 cocktails
$19.99 $0.27 per cocktail Fernet Branca image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

$1.17 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 46.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Matt Premium Member 1y

Still clearly a cognac cocktail, but the fernet works it's magic and gives this a lighter and fresher note. The mastiha seems lost in this combo, and adds more sweetness to that coming from the rich syrup - I'm not sure if I'd notice a drop in the cocktail quality if I removed the mastiha.

Lorne Dmitruk Premium Member 4y

I used Fee Brothers Aztec Chocolate Bitters. Excellent.

Paul Barnsley 5y

I removed the sugar syrup since I mostly prefer my drinks a little drier. It worked well with that tweak in place.

Vincent Dufour 6y

Not sure if it is because of the Cognac I used, but I think this one was too present in the taste

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

I quite like it as a boozy late-night digestive but I have reduced cognac to 45ml (from 50ml).

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