Saoco

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Glass:

Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 2⁄3 oz Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
3 1⁄2 oz Coconut water chilled
1⁄4 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 oz Thomas Henry Soda Water optional
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

How to make:

  1. POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
  2. Briefly STIR.
  3. TOP with more ice.
  4. TOP with soda (optional).

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Rum and coconut with a squeeze of lime are a classic combination for good reason. Even better with a characterful aged rum.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Saoco contains 160 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 8.18% alc./vol. (16.36° proof)
  • 15.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
31st January at 14:44
Sorry to be negative but the word is "lackluster". Maybe, minus the rum (or even with the rum if you like to get started early), it might be okay at breakfast alongside a sprightly Bircher Muesli.
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Shirley Scott’s Avatar Shirley Scott
30th January at 19:43
The video adds sparkling water and no lime juice?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
31st January at 09:03
They do add lime in video, before sparkling water. However, they omitted to add caption. Cocktail looks much better with clear coconut water. I should perhaps rephotograph using this. Recipe and video come from this page: https://havana-club.com/en-gb/cocktail/saoco/
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