Name: Persepolis
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Light white rum; 10 ml Strega liqueur; 10 ml Rose sugar syrup; 12.5 ml Lime juice

Persepolis
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₃ oz	Liquore Strega
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Rose Syrup
0.42 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of turkish delight slice.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

With its strong rose flavour, the Persepolis is somewhat reminiscent of a Turkish Delight so is very appropriately garnished.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2018 by Sergio Leanza at Funkidory, Peckham, London, England. Sergio describes his drink as being "a Middle Eastern version of a Daiquiri, dedicated to Marjan Satrapi (novelist/illustrator)." Sergio's original recipe calls for 40ml Puerto Rican style rum, 10ml Strega, 15ml rose syrup and 15ml lime juice. He uses a homemade 1:1 rose syrup: 5g rose petals, 500ml water and 500gr caster sugar.

Incidentally, Pārsapura was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BCE), situated 60 km northeast of the modern-day Iranian city of Shiraz.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Persepolis contains 135 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
20.28% alc./vol. (20.28° proof)
14.7 grams of pure alcohol

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