Name: C'est la Vie (That's Life)
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Cognac (brandy); 10 ml Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur; 20 ml Apple juice (cloudy & unsweetened); 10 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Cinnamon syrup

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Dehydrated apple peel & star anise

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 2/3 fl oz	Remy Martin VSOP coganc
1/3 fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
2/3 fl oz	Apple juice (cloudy & unsweetened)
1/3 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Cinnamon syrup
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Review:

A tasty apple and cognac sour with delicate herbal and cinnamon spice.

History:

Created in 2015 by Saverio Vicari at The Rib Room Bar at The Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, London, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of C'est la Vie (That's Life) contains 188 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
17.65% alc./vol. (35.3° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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