El Viajero

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (22 ratings)

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 12 oz Coconut water
13 oz Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry
16 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
0.08 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
4 drop Chocolate bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of dust side of glass with coconut dust and garnish with lime zest twist.
  3. THROW all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 3/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 4/10

Review:

Rum, coconut water and Pedro Ximénez sherry are unusual bedfellows in a cocktail but work well together and are toned by lime juice and chocolate bitters.

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History:

Originally based on Bacardi Carta Blanca rum, this was the Hungarian Bacardí Legacy 2016 winning cocktail, created by Norbert Schök at the Four Seasons Gresham Palace in Kollázs, Budapest.

Travelling is part of the history of the Bacardí family, part of the golden age of Cuban cocktails and it was my main motivation to start bartending. Another traveller, the coconut, can travel across seas and oceans to settle down in a new land. A traveller - El Viajero - not only moves from A to B, but learns and explores new things, meeting old and making new friends and widening his horizons.

Norbert Schök, 2016

Nutrition:

One serving of El Viajero contains 123 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 15.92% alc./vol. (15.92° proof)
  • 17.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
20th January at 05:43
Instead of the coconut water, we go with 10ml coconut rum liqueur. And serve it in a Nick and Nora glass. A beautifully delicate cocktail.
Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
12th February at 12:03
Having found some coconut water we went around again. With the coconut water it's even more beautifully delicate and subtle.
Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
25th November 2023 at 19:32
The coconut water lengthens it into a very sippable drink. Worth trying.