Name: Pepin Rivero Special
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 30 ml White crème de cacao; 30 ml Milk

Pepin Rivero Special
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	White crème de cacao liqueur
1 oz	Milk (whole milk/full 3-4% fat)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of chocolate powder rim.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Milk (whole milk/full 3-4% fat) - Dairy

Review:

White chocolate come coconut ice-cream, only vaguely rescued from fluffiness by gin spirit.

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History:

Created by Constantino (Constante) Ribalaigua Vert at the Floridita bar in Havana, Cuba. This recipe is adapted from a 1937 Bar Florida (later renamed Floridita) menu. The name refers to Pepin Rivero, who took over the Cuban El Diario de la Marina newspaper upon the death of his father Don Nicolas Rivero in 1944.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Pepin Rivero Special contains 203 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.24% alc./vol. (18.24° proof)
19.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Daryl Smith

6th August 2021 at 13:26

Thought this would be a bit weird and I wasn't wrong but in a good way. You definitely don't want to skimp on the chocolate rim, it really is the maker of this drink.

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