Livorno Punch (Ponce alla Livornese)

Σερβίρεται σε:

Γαρνιτούρα:

Dust with freshly grated cinnamon

Πώς φτιάχνεται:

1. Place thick-cut coin-sized lemon zest in base of glass and cover with sugar.
2. Ideally, use the steam wand of a coffee machine to steam and moisten sugar while also warming glass (alternatively, add a splash of boiling water).
3. MUDDLE lemon and sugar in base of glass (with small muddler).
4. POUR rum into glass.
5. TOP with a shot of espresso dispensed straight into your cocktail from the machine.

Αξιολόγηση:

Run and coffee with zesty lemon. A drink to challenge the Espresso Martini.

Ιστορία:

Said to date from the 1700s, this is the signature ponce (Italian for punch) of the Italian port city of Livorno on the west coast of Tuscany.

In a letter to his friend Nando, poet Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907) wrote: "We drank a lot of white, o Nando, we drank a lot of black punch and with profound knowledge, we never left a cup or glass without seeing the bottom."

If you want to properly experience a Ponce alla Livornese, then head to the Civil Bar in Livorno, a historic caffè founded in the 1890s, this is the drink's spiritual home.

Alcohol content:

• 0.4 standard drinks
• 10.91% alc./vol. (21.82° proof)
• 5.5 grams of pure alcohol