Name: Make It Count
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Red bitter liqueur; 20 ml Blood orange juice; 10 ml Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water); 40 ml Soda (club soda) water

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Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Ingredients:
1 1/3 fl oz	Strucchi Red Bitter Liqueur
2/3 fl oz	Blood orange juice
1/3 fl oz	Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water)
1 1/3 fl 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.

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Strength & taste guide:

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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. (13.36° proof)
7.4 grams of pure alcohol

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