Name: Dominicana
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 45 ml Coffee liqueur; 30 ml Heavy/double cream

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years

1 1/2 fl oz

Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur

1 fl oz

Double cream / heavy cream

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of freshly grated nutmeg..

Method

STIR first 2 ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Shake or whip cream to aerate then carefully pour to FLOAT on the surface of the cocktail.

Garnish

Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Dominicana contains 331 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
19.3% alc./vol. (38.6° proof)
24.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Double cream / heavy cream — Dairy

Review

Just three ingredients – rum-laced coffee liqueur topped by a velvety layer of indulgent chilled cream. Basically, a rum-based White Russian but that description doesn't do justice to this delicious cocktail that's best appreciated in place of a dessert after a meal.

Consider adding sugar syrup if using a very dry coffee liqueur.

Comments & Discussion

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Simon O. 2 months ago

The rum and coffee liqueur are a perfect match and the cream adds a silky smooth texture and finish.

I found pouring the cream onto the drink over the back over an inverted table spoon held just about the surface helps. It’s stops any momentum the cream has when just pouring straight.

Bocman 3 months ago

Agreed, it's was pretty good, rum and coffee 👍

Caspian Berggren 11 months ago

I was always underwhelmed by the White Russian but this is incredible. The rum works great with the coffee.

Matt 1 year ago

My "float" sank - I was really hoping for the drink as pictured. This is delicious - sweet, coffee, and a bit of rum (Appleton 8 yr). But not exceptional - kind of a rummy twist on a White Russian (I'll note that I do like this better than a White Russian).

Simon Difford 1 year ago

Hi Matt. To make the cream float, you need to aerate it by whipping or shaking the container it's in. (I prefer to shake.)

Matt Excell 1 year ago

Recipe says Single Cream, but I would think it would need Double for the aeration to work. Ia that not the case?

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Peter M 2 years ago

Made this with Bacardi 8 & Galliano Espresso. Delicious as-is. Very rich. Boozy but balanced. Excellent dessert cocktail if you want something a little less "mainstream". Very easy to make, so could be a good option for dinner guests.

Peter M 1 year ago

Just made this again, but served with ice in an old fashioned glass. Seems like a great option if you want to dial back the "richness" some, but still have a delicious "dessert" drink. (Plus, if you're feeling lazy, you can just stir the rum and liqueur in the glass until cold, then float the cream.)

Jack Reid 3 years ago

Made this with Appleton Signature Blend and Mr Black. I got rum, distinctly seperate from very dry coffee, and the cream was all but unnoticeable; it didn't hang together in any way. I added 10ml of 2:1 sugar syrup and gave it a dry shake and that improved it significantly. Next time I'd try Kahlua (and shaking all three ingredients up front).

Colin Rempel 2 years ago

Is Mr Black a lot drier than, for instance, Tia Maria?

Simon Difford 2 years ago

Mr Black is a good but very dry coffee liqueur, while Kahlua, especially since it lowered its alc./vol., is one of the sweeter coffee liqueurs. Tia Maria has been much improved by its new owners and takes a good middle ground. My present go-to is Galliano Espresso Liqueur.

Paul Andrew 2 years ago

For coffee liquors try Giffard Cafe. My best so far.
By the way I still can't make cream to float on surface. Even aerated. Maybe too much fat? Is 7% ok?

John Hinojos 3 years ago

Perfect after dinner cocktail. Since the base is rum, we used the Flor de Cana Epresso Coffee Liqueur which is from Nicaragua and is rum based and not as sweet. Cocktail was perfect for a quiet evening and not overly sweet.

Angelo Pacifico 4 years ago

Perfect. Made it today. My dad loved it!

Lorenz Kock 4 years ago

I switched from a more expensive local made coffee liqueur to Kahula and was really disapointed but this is a great cocktail and perfecly uses the rather sweet Kahula. Also soooo much better than a white russian

David M. 5 years ago

Delicious! Liked the recommended cream float technique. The nutmeg really takes it in a different direction from a White Russian.
Perhaps a bit sweet for my tastes. Might cut back the Kalhúa by a half ounce.

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