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Cubano
A tasty digestivo/late-night sipper that's just on the sweet side of bittersweet
Sebastian Rykowski
23rd February at 18:13
I recently made it with homemade cherry liqueur (more fresh fruit flavor) and 15-year-old rum (lots of old barrel flavor). To balance out the frivolous freshness, I added some Fee Brothers tobacco bitters. I feel like I got exactly what you'd expect from a drink called Cubano. Cheers
1st February at 02:52
A little too sweet. Reduce the Cherry Heering by half.
13th January at 17:22
The initial mouthfeel is incredibly thick, like syrup, but it's surprisingly not that sweet. The bitterness and the rum counteracts the amount of sugar that I'm sure must be in there. I actually really like the flavour though. The chocolate, rose and cherry are obviously there but there's enough complexity to want you to sip more. Maybe dial the Heering back a bit in favor of the rum if you want to reduce the sweetness but to me it's balanced as is.
12th March 2025 at 02:14
It looked like it would be to sweet for my taste so I kept the same volume and dropped the Cherry Heering and Amaro to 20 ml each. It was still very tasty and rich. I'll keep using the drier version, its a keeper.
20th November 2024 at 03:08
Cherry heering dominated and was bit too sweet.
25th November 2024 at 05:38
I didn't have Heering or an equivalent, so I subbed in cherry bitters (1/2 oz) plus a maraschino cherry (with syrup) for sweetness.
Very happy with the result, can dial in your preferred sweetness with more or less syrup.
Very happy with the result, can dial in your preferred sweetness with more or less syrup.
10th November 2024 at 20:55
Tried twice and approve, but next time I'm trying Cuban rather than Jamaican as I think it dominates the other flavours.
10th November 2024 at 20:58
I see I had the same reservation with the closely related Vanessa Polk. Maybe it's just me.