Eye Opener

Name: Eye Opener
Total time: 60 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cacao spiced rum; 10 ml Cinnamon oleo; 5 ml Ginger juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 45 ml Salted grapefruit soda

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Cacao & coffee spiced rum
1/3 fl oz	Cinnamon oleo saccharum (homemade)
1/6 fl oz	Ginger juice
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 1/2 fl oz	Salted grapefruit soda

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit wedge.

Method

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
TOP with grapefruit soda and briefly stir.

Garnish

EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

To make Cinnamon oleo saccharum (homemade):

Combine 250g sugar, peel of 5 lemons and 3 limes with 6 cracked cinnamon sticks added) in a zip bag for 24 hours in a refrigerator.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Eye Opener contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
13.07% alc./vol. (26.15° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created by Katalin Bene at Voodoo Reyes Geneva.

Review

With homemade Cinnamon Oleo and fresh ginger juice as ingredients, this cocktail needs a lot of prep to make. Salty grapefruit soda is also not well distributed. If you do then, depending on your oleo, you may find yourself adding a touch more oleo or adding some sugar syrup to balance.