Name: For Sake's Sake
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rum - Light white (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old; 45 ml Sake; 10 ml Italicus or other Rosolio di Bergamotto/bergamot liqueur; 10 ml Orange Curaçao liqueur

Serve in

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Float thin apple slice

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 1/2 fl oz	Akashi-Tai Daiginjo Genshu sake
1/3 fl oz	Italicus liqueur
1/3 fl oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
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Review:

Being dyslexic, I'm bewildered as to how to spell dyslexic while also amused by sake (the beverage brewed from rice) being spelt the same way as sake (as in for fk's sake!). Hopefully, you'll find this aromatic, subtly orange-influenced sake and rum-based Martini-like cocktail both delightful to drink and easy to spell.

History:

Created in April 2017 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Nutrition:

194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
22.66% alc./vol. (45.32° proof)
24.9 grams of pure alcohol

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