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Andrei Bertalan & Octavia Ripeanu
Andrei Bertalan and Octavia Ripeanu won the Romain Final of Havana Club Cocktail Maestros, held in Bucharest, after delivering a performance as technically impressive as it was emotionally resonant. Their cocktail, Orígenes, told a story as rich and layered as the rum it honoured.
Orígenes
– 50 ml Havana Club 7Años
– 20 ml Caramelized Banana Honey Syrup
– 20 ml Cocoa & Tonka Bean Vermouth
– 10 ml Fresh Lime Juice
– 5 ml Sugar Syrup
– 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
The best-known expression of the leading Cuban rum brand, this light rum is blended from base rums aged for a minimum of three years in white oak barrels.
Created by the late Don José Navarro in the 1970s, Havana Club Añejo 7 Años was the first aged Cuban rum introduced to the world as a sipping rum to
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