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Apricot Mango Cocktail
Just as it says on the tin. Rich tropical and orchard fruit, but not overly sweet with balancing lemon citrus acidity, orange bitters and underlying gin...
Chris Dimal
9th May 2023 at 08:44
I will say I didn't have orange bitters, instead using the grand shake method with mandarin peel. However, the drink just tasted of apricot and nothing more. A bit disappointing.
30th May 2024 at 13:54
I made the recipe as written and it was way too sweet. The apricot was dominant for sure. Removed the sugar syrup completely and more flavor nuances opened up. But yeah the balance between the apricot and mango would take more experimentation than I could handle today.
20th July at 04:16
I’m happy to report that with some surplus mango puree at hand, I was able to experiment a bit and a slight change in recipe resulted in a better balanced cocktail: I used mango puree and apricot liqueur 2:1 (30ml and 15ml) and lemon juice and sugar syrup 2:1 (20ml and 10ml).