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La Petite Bouche

Name: La Petite Bouche
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Gentian liqueur; 20 ml Light white rum; 3 dash Orange bitters; 90 ml Mediterranean tonic

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
3 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
3 fl oz	Mediterranean tonic water

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.
Prepare garnish of white grapefruit wedge.

Method

POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
Briefly STIR.

Garnish

Garnish with white grapefruit wedge squeezed and dropped into cocktail.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of La Petite Bouche contains 135 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
8.48% alc./vol. (16.97° proof)
12.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Danny Wilson at Tabouche, Cambridge, England. Danny told us, "Due to me working at Tabouche I tend to like to name drinks around my venue and since this drink is very simplistic, I decided to call it the little mouth in French."

More cocktails by Danny Wilson

Review

Dry and refreshing with gentian bitterness and complexity forming the backbone of this apéritif.

Suze gentian liqueur 750ml - makes 18.5 cocktails
$32.99 $1.78 per cocktail Suze gentian liqueur image

Don Q Cristal Rum 750ml - makes 37 cocktails
$12.99 $0.35 per cocktail Don Q Cristal Rum image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 128 cocktails
$13.99 $0.11 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$2.24 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 18.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Thierry Vandevelde 1y

Perfect summer apéritif.

Egg McKenzie 1y

i love a classic suze & tonic (which isn't listed on diffords!) but this is a nice little variation to give it a bit more punch - both flavour and strength wise. has a slightly pimms taste to it - one to revisit in the summer!

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