Name: Larchmont
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Grand Marnier; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 10 ml Chilled water

Larchmont
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Cocktail of the day:

3rd November 2025 is David Embury's birthday

Review:

I share Embury's appreciation of this fine, delicate Orange Daiquiri. However, I've tweaked his formulation as we found the original somewhat rich and over citrusy.

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Variant:

Red Lion

History:

Created by David A. Embury, who in his 1948 Fine Art of Mixing Drinks writes of this drink: "As a grand finale to cocktails based on the Rum Sour, I give you one of my favorites which I have named after my favorite community." Larchmont is a village in Westchester County, New York where he lived for many years.

LARCHMONT
½ part Sugar syrup
2 parts Lime juice
2 parts Grand Marnier
6 parts White Cuban rum
Shake vigorously with crushed or cracked ice and strain into chilled and frosted cocktail glass. A twist of orange peel may be dropped into each drink for decoration if desired.
David Embury, 1948

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Nutrition:

One serving of Larchmont contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.08% alc./vol. (19.08° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

9th February at 13:18

We much prefer Embury's version...it's supposed to be opulent. Have some Lindt sea salt dark chocolate on hand as well.

Simon Sedgley

9th February at 13:21

Another virtue of Mr Embury's version is that you can up all ingredients by one-third and still squeeze it into a coupe glass.

Loïc Pierre

22nd December 2024 at 21:12

A strong orange taste, but one clearly feel the rum and the citrus. Not too sweet. Rated 4,5/5 : excellent.

Rasmus Hansen

20th December 2024 at 19:02

This is definitely one of the best orange flavored drinks. Personally, I found it to be best slightly chilled.

Nathalie O'Flynn

29th March 2024 at 13:25

We enjoyed it, used Havana as I change from Baccardi to Havana from one cocktail to the next otherwise one bottle would always be empty lol

Jose Cruz

1st November 2022 at 02:27

rummy up front with some subtle Orange from the G.M. well balanced cocktail.

Miguel Perales

23rd August 2022 at 21:27

A fairly light, refreshing cocktail with a slight hint of orange from the Grand Marnier. A good summer cocktail.

Florian Ruf

22nd November 2021 at 19:39

At least with Bacardi Carta Blanca quite flat. A bit more Grand Marnier does not help.

John Hinojos

4th November 2021 at 00:28

What a great rum cocktail. Subtle and refreshing while being very sophisticated. Makes me feel like I am back in the 1930s drinking at The Dorchester or Park Lane.