Tears & Dreams

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (4 ratings)

Serve in a Wine glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Cacao & coffee spiced rum
13 oz Ratafia de Marseille
16 oz Apricot (abricot) eau-de-vie
23 oz Pineapple juice
13 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
16 oz Monin Cinnamon Syrup
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Wine glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of edible flower & fresh kaffir lime leaf .
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

Fruity but well-balanced with distinctive coffee and cacao flavours from the rum.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by Katalin Bene at Voodoo Reyes - Potions & Botanicals in Geneva, Switzerland.

Nutrition:

One serving of Tears & Dreams contains 203 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 19.72% alc./vol. (19.72° proof)
  • 21.7 grams of pure alcohol

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James Fitzgerald’s Avatar James Fitzgerald
2nd July 2024 at 00:42
What is the best substitute for Ratafia de Marseille?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
2nd July 2024 at 06:08
Ratafia de Bourgogne perhaps.