Name: Diplomat
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Vermouth - Dry; 30 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth; 5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist (discarded) & skewered Luxardo Maraschino cherry

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Dry vermouth
1 fl oz	Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth
1/6 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Review:

Wonderfully aromatic and dry. More of an aperitivo than a digestivo.

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. The Diplomat also notably appears in Patrick Gavin Duffy's 1934 The Official Mixer's Manual.

DIPLOMAT COCKTAIL.
1 Dash Maraschino.
2/3 French Vermouth.
1/3 Italian Vermouth.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Add cherry and squeeze lemon peel on top.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Diplomat Cocktail
1 Dash Maraschino
2/3 French Vermouth
1/3 Italian Vermouth
Stir well in ice and strain into glass. Add Cherry and squeeze Lemon Peel on top.
Use glass number 1
The Official Mixer's Manual, Patrick Gavin Duffy, 1934 (glass No.1 is a Nick & Nora)

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Nutrition:

One serving of Diplomat contains 109 calories.

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
13.5% alc./vol. (27° proof)
12.9 grams of pure alcohol

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