Name: José Marti Especial
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dried Clove; 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 2.5 ml Pastis; 20 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Fino sherry; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

José Marti Especial
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 dried	Clove
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
¹⁄₁₂ oz	Pastis
²⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
¹⁄₃ oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge.

How to make:

MUDDLE cloves with rum in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with pineapple wedge on rim.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Aniseed and clove delicately influence this complex riff on a classic Daiquiri.

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Variant:

Palermo

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Andy Loudon at Satan's Whiskers, London, England. Andy won the 2014 Havana Club Cocktail Grand Prix in Cuba with this cocktail.

José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban poet, professor and publisher who is regarded as a Cuban national hero.

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Chris Dimal

31st December 2025 at 18:35

Really interesting! I thought it would be too tart, but it works brilliantly. I understand why it's a competition winner. I did use a mix of 2:1 simple syrup and Absinthe in equal parts as I had no Pastis and combined with the clove, it had the rootiness and spice which complimented the sherry's savouriness wonderfully, yet it was still having enough sweetness.