Name: Caruso Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Dry vermouth; 30 ml Green crème de menthe

Emil Kuliiev 1y

It’s totally not true
This cocktail created in 1997
Cafe Albena Kyiv, Ukraine
All another stories it’s just story for marketing.
From first day it was just classical Gyn Tonic with 7-10 ml mint liquor
And after few days it was changed. Juke-August 1997. Kamandarma Kameneva street 2A
Kiev, Ukraine
Created by Emil Saliani

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Whatever cocktail was made by Emil Saliani in 1997 at Cafe Albena Kyiv in Ukraine, the Caruso Cocktail, comprising equal parts gin, dry vermouth, and green crème de menthe, was published in the Savoy Cocktail book 67 years earlier. That is an unarguable fact!

George Boyd 2y

I love mint so I find this a very nice cocktail indeed! If you don't like mint
dom't try it!

adrian lord 3y

Too minty and sweet at these equal ratios for my tastes. I might dial back the crème de menthe to 20mls next time.

Ernst Lindhout 3y

I used probably the wrong dry vermouth. It is very mint almost menthol forward. Next try it with noilly prat instead of dry martini.

Chris Dimal 3y

Wow, really, really dry, especially when paired with a dessert. Works as a bitter digestif, but not for me overall.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 3y

Very well balanced.

Jack Reid 4y

This looks great (though everyone assumed it was Midori; mine came out a lighter green than the picture) but I'd probably go a little less Creme de Menth next time--it really was "full-on mint". I agree completely with the shaking recommendation.