Name: Make It Count
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Red bitter liqueur; 20 ml Blood orange juice; 10 ml Honey and water syrup; 40 ml Soda (club soda) water

Make It Count
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Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
²⁄₃ oz	Blood orange juice
¹⁄₃ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Highball (max 10oz/300ml) glass.
Prepare garnish of dehydrated orange wheel slice.
SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with soda.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Delicately bittersweet honeyed blood orange with a splash of effervescence.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Pamela Wiznitzer at Seamstress in New York City, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Make It Count contains 128 calories

Alcohol content:

0.5 standard drinks
6.68% alc./vol. (6.68° proof)
7.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Dimal

5th March 2023 at 16:36

I made this again with 30ml fresh blood orange juice and 15ml honey syrup (3:1). It is just way better this way, at least for me. The original recipe is far too Campari forward.

Egg McKenzie

29th January 2023 at 17:37

i enjoyed this. at first attempt i found the honey a bit overpowering so i added a bit more blood orange and then it really became rather splendid.

Jan Martinek

21st February 2022 at 15:51

I subbed the soda for dry sparkling wine. Personally liked it a lot, but maybe something like 50/50 sparkling wine and water will be better.

G. M. Genovese

2nd February 2022 at 20:51

The blood orange juice and honey are really subtle here. Campari dominates, which is never an problem for me! I don't see any reason to make this again unless I use a distinctive honey, but I can't see any other variety besides buckwheat cutting through the Campari. Hmm. (2 Feb 2022, 3:51p)

Chris Dimal

7th February 2023 at 09:48

Completely agree with your assessment. Campari is way too dominant. Blood orange and honey needs to be increased, and Campari reduced.

Braden Pendlebury

20th December 2021 at 00:08

A great, low ABV sipper. Deliciously bitter, cut by a refreshing splash of soda.

Erik Vergari

25th September 2021 at 21:38

Hi Simon, so cool of you to respond! The blood orange soda was just a generic grocery store one. The syrup was Rose's and I believe it is 2:1.

Simon Difford

26th September 2021 at 17:03

I just tried with and 1oz Campari with 3.5oz Fever-Tree Blood Orange and benefited from 1/4oz sugar (2:1).

Erik Vergari

25th September 2021 at 07:23

I created a new drink called Make It Work:
1 oz Campari
2 oz Blood Orange Soda
0.5 oz Simple Syrup

Simon Difford

25th September 2021 at 08:39

Do you use Fever-Tree Italian Blood Orange Soda or another brand? And is your syrup 1 part sugar to 1 part water? It's interesting that sugar is needed to balance.

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6th March 2021 at 11:50

Sounds nice, but was it created by Pamela or Paloma? One of them must be a typo.

[deleted user]

6th March 2021 at 15:55

I only wish I was as talented a bartender as Pamela! This was an oopsy daisy by Simon, explained by the fact Pamela and Paloma are next to each other on our drop menu database. Thanks for spotting...now fixed!

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