Oriental Tartini

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Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
2⁄3 oz Kwai Feh lychee liqueur
2⁄3 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
3 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist &/or skewered lychee.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
  6. Optionally, garnish with skewered lychee.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

A sour, tart, fruity cocktail with more than a hint of lychee.

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History:

Created in 2004 by yours truly.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Oriental Tartini contains 150 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 18.32% alc./vol. (18.32° proof)
  • 18.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Michael Z’s Avatar Michael Z
18th April at 04:07
Keeping in mind Difford's review of "sour, tart", I think its nicely balanced. I did use a sweeter, berry-infused gin the second time, and that helped.
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Mike Hobson’s Avatar Mike Hobson
21st September 2024 at 17:29
We're just enjoying one of these now, and have to disagree somewhat with the previous comments, we think it's an appealing combination. We're using Marie Brizard lychee liqueur, and it stands up to the grapefruit very well but we did use supermarket pink grapefruit juice. My gin choice was poor, we used Edinburgh cannonball which is too strong and lingers on the palate after the fruit has gone. However, as long as you think of it as a sort-of lychee gin martini, I think it's worth trying.....
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Hyunwoo Shim’s Avatar Hyunwoo Shim
3rd April 2024 at 15:17
Totally agreed with Miriam's opinion.. i also tried with 1 and 2 spoons of grapefruit syrup.. but it worse. the balance of the bitterness is hard to adjust.
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Miriam Herbert’s Avatar Miriam Herbert
17th April 2022 at 20:29
Unfortunately, the gin and pink grapefruit juice make a very bitter combination - too much for my taste. Lychee liquor is very subtle and cannot balance the bitterness out.
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