La Petite Bouche

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (15 ratings)

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

Ingredients:
1 13 oz Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
23 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
3 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
3 oz Mediterranean tonic water
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Highball (max 10oz/300ml) glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of white grapefruit wedge.
  3. POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
  4. Briefly STIR.
  5. Garnish with white grapefruit wedge squeezed and dropped into cocktail.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

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

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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."

Nutrition:

One serving of La Petite Bouche contains 135 calories

Alcohol content:

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

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Egg McKenzie’s Avatar Egg McKenzie
15th February at 19:58
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!