Name: Tears of Jungle Bird
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cacao spiced rum; 15 ml Red bitter liqueur; 15 ml Pineapple liqueur; 20 ml Lemon juice; 3 dash Saline solution 4:1; Top up with Tonic water

Tears of Jungle Bird
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Serve in a Double old-fashioned

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Cacao & coffee spiced rum
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₂ oz	Giffard Caribbean Pineapple liqueur
²⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3 dash	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
Top up with	Thomas Henry Tonic Water

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Garnish: Lime wedge & preferably also an orchid flower

How to make:

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with tonic water.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Coffee and cacao with pineapple and lemon.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe by David Hans at Three X Co. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. David's original recipe calls for 10ml Giffard Caribbean Pineapple liqueur and 30ml lemon juice.

Nutrition:

One serving of Tears of Jungle Bird contains 180 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.97% alc./vol. (18.97° proof)
18.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Avery Garnett

11th October 2024 at 16:40

Not only do I just hate "top up with tonic" - because you can very easily fill the glass with ice! - it's just not great. Sure, it has some flavours of a jungle bird but none of the mouthfeel of pineapple and the tonic is just bizarre.