Name: Continental Exchange
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 20 ml Umeshu plum sake / Japanese plum wine; 25 ml Apple juice (cloudy & unsweetened); 20 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 15 ml Ginger syrup; 5 ml Honey

Serve in a

Sling glass

Garnish:

Mint sprig & dehydrated apple slice.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
2/3 fl oz	Akashi-Tai Shiraume Ginjo Umeshu
5/6 fl oz	Apple juice (cloudy & unsweetened)
2/3 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Ginger syrup
1/6 fl oz	Honey
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Review:

Long and refreshing with subtle flavours of apple, lemon, ginger and plum wine combining well with the cognac base.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Kieran Grieves at Bamboo Door in Sheffield, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of Continental Exchange contains 186 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
12.9% alc./vol. (25.8° proof)
16.8 grams of pure alcohol

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