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Bayana

Name: Bayana
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Absinthe; 2 dash Orange bitters

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

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

Method

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

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Bayana contains 189 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.32% alc./vol. (36.63° proof)
19.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar.

BAYANA
⅔ Brandy
⅓ Sweet Lemon Juice
1 Dash Orange Bitters
1 Dash Absinthe
R. de Fleury, 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar, 1934

Review

Vibes of a Sidecar but easier, with a balance reminiscent of a Daiquiri made with aged rum.

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Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
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$0.43 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 50 cocktails.
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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 39w

Back in the day, they really did create beautifully balanced cocktails.

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