Too Soon

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Ingredients:
2 slice Orange (fresh)
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz Cynar or other carciofo amaro
34 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
13 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

  1. Place 2 thin orange slices in shaker (no need to muddle).
  2. Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 4/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

A bittersweet aperitivo with balanced citrus sourness.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Sam Ross of Attaboy in Manhattan, New York City. Recipe from Georgette Moger-Petraske's 2016 Sasha Petraske Regarding Cocktails.

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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26th March at 11:14
Crazy successful creature. Finally find out a way to finish the cynar in my bar.
Yorey C’s Avatar Yorey C
14th May 2024 at 07:45
yeah its weird how much orange character shines through. really good and well balanced. great use of a high volume of cynar
Briana Warsing’s Avatar Briana Warsing
20th April 2023 at 17:54
surprisingly delicious. love the citrus
Morten Carlsbaek’s Avatar Morten Carlsbaek
21st January 2023 at 00:58
Bitter fresh cocktail, you need to like bitter taste. Straight forward. Return to drink if in bitter mood...
Andrew Gelb’s Avatar Andrew Gelb
2nd May 2022 at 14:19
Introduced to this delicious drink at a very good little craft cocktail bar in Verona, Italy (Archivio). Loved it! Recipe provided was same but for 1/2 simple syrup. Looking forward to sharing when we return home. A winner!
Michael Westbrook’s Avatar Michael Westbrook
21st September 2021 at 19:56
For me, better than the Paper Plane.
Nicola Adams’ Avatar Nicola Adams
23rd April 2021 at 10:05
I used to drink my Cynar with grapefruit, until I discovered bright and shiny citrus punch of the Too Soon -the orange /lemon combo really are the perfect foil for Cynar (tho I prefer using more orange and less simple syrup) Now I’m completely hooked, this is one of those cocktails that’s so much more than the sum of its parts
6th February 2021 at 04:18
Also great with wild turkey bourbon instead of the gin
Nicola Adams’ Avatar Nicola Adams
23rd April 2021 at 10:54
I’ve just tried this version and it’s very good indeed. And I don’t even like bourbon!