Name: Clockwork Orange No.2
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Akvavit / Aquavit; 30 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 30 ml cafetière coffee; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 8 drop Chocolate bitters

Clockwork Orange No.2
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Glass:

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Akvavit / Aquavit
1 oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
1 oz	French press/cafetière coffee
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
8 drop	Chocolate bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish:

EXPRESS flamed orange zest twist over cocktail, then use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Easy drinking, neither sweet or sour, this cocktail with its subtle coffee notes suits breakfast, teatime or aperitivo but was originally created as a dessert cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Taylor Hall at Tandem Bar, Newtown, Sydney, Australia. Taylor was inspired to create this dessert cocktail after eating a Jaffa Cake.

Nutrition:

One serving of Clockwork Orange No.2 contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
11.51% alc./vol. (23.03° proof)
11.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Steven Jepson

21st November at 22:32

Oh my this tastes like a home made chocolate orange cake - all the flavours but without the extra sickly sweetness added to make it sell.
The Aquavit superbly balances out the other ingredients - the caraway is there but in the background the orange and chocolate hand in hand.

I use Bobs Mole bitters so a touch of spice there too.
All in all a right champion drink.

Justin Aniello

2nd November at 01:42

This has to be one of the weirder sets of ingredient combinations I have had on this site but it just works. Sweet coffee, spiced orange, and a hint of caraway doesn't sound like it should be good but it is.

Blair Sollenberger

16th August 2020 at 19:38

Just as an added note, if you’re running low on Aperol, which I often am in the summer, Amaro de Toscana makes a very suitable substitute. It changes the profile, adding a more earthy, anise footing but entirely enjoyable.

Blair Sollenberger

15th August 2020 at 21:28

Very good balance—the caraway in the Aquavit is an excellent pair with the coffee and Aperol. Entirely drinkable, afternoon or after dinner.

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