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Diki-Diki

Name: Diki-Diki
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Calvados apple brandy; 25 ml Swedish Punsch; 25 ml Pink grapefruit juice

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (8)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Swedish Punsch liqueur
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe Engraved 7.75oz

Method

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of sugar rim.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Diki-Diki contains 191 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
19.48% alc./vol. (38.97° proof)
20.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

DIKI-DIKI COCKTAIL.
1/6 Grape Fruit Juice.
1/6 Swedish Punch.
2/3 Calvados.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, 1930

More cocktails by Harry Craddock

Review

Fruity yet tart. Apple brandy and grapefruit with the distinctive twang of Swedish Punch.

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Comments & Discussion

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Florian Ruf Premium Member 4y

In my opinion this cocktail lacks a bit of corpse, but sorrily as I am no professional, I am not able to suggest any solution. Sugar syrup is not helper.

Vince Whitacre 21w

It's 5 years later, so I don't know if you're still reading replies, but I have a suggestion.

I'm not a Swedish Punsch fan. I'm sure it's lovely on the rocks, served with pea soup, but I don't care for it as a cocktail ingredient. I spec my Diki-Diki thusly:

1.5 oz Calvados/applejack
1 oz grapefruit juice
0.5 oz Earl Grey syrup
shake, serve up, and express lemon oil atop.

My syrup is just 5 Earl Grey teabags steeped in 12oz (330ml) boiling water and then 2.5 cups (550g) sugar stirred in.