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Jasmine
A slightly sour bittersweet riff on the Pegu Club. The original is just on the tart side of balanced without our addition of the optional spoon of sugar...
Juniper Lately
7th July at 18:21
Love a Jasmine as is, but just made this “long” by subbing a wee bottle of Gioia bitter soda (100ml) in place of the Campari - very nice and refreshing.
3rd May at 00:05
I modified this a little with orange curacao and lime instead of Cointreau and lemon juice, and three dashes of grapefruit bitters, and it very much changes the character of the drink but it is extremely nice.
13th April at 17:17
I used the recipe in the spirited cocktail book, which uses twice as much Cointreau. Still tastes exactly like grapefruit juice. Lovely.
7th March at 13:46
It's very nice, made it one day for a few people, the ladies like it much more then me or the other men... For me it's missing in complexity.
I would say it's very close to Grapefruit juice in it's flavor.
I would say it's very close to Grapefruit juice in it's flavor.
2nd November 2024 at 22:20
Tastes so much like grapefruit juice it's uncanny
15th September 2024 at 17:19
Well balanced on the bitter and acidic. Makes a nice change to the classic negroni.
18th February 2024 at 01:51
Liked this one. I used Meyer Lemons which aren’t as tart as Lisbon or other lemons. Cointreau and Campari are an interesting combo. I’m enjoying this only about 10 miles from Emeryville in the SF Bay Area, so it’s a home town cocktail !
27th January 2024 at 23:16
Tried another variation using mezcal instead of gin. Excellent!
26th September 2023 at 01:17
Tried another variation where I added a few dashes of lavender bitters after serving. Really liked this.
27th November 2022 at 23:48
This is great— very enjoyable cocktail, without too much sweetness.
18th May 2022 at 13:07
To suit the taste of my guest I swapped Campari for Aperol, which gives this cocktail a lighter, summerly note.
25th January 2022 at 04:35
I just tried another variation where I swapped the Cointreau for apricot liqueur. It was good, but not as good as the Cointreau.
Anonymous
16th January 2022 at 18:30
Not balanced for me me, lemon is too powerful. Next time, I will try to use 15ml Orange liquor instead of 7,5ml Cointreau, and no sugar syrup.
5th January 2022 at 04:18
Love this cocktail, and not just because of the name ?
I tried a couple of variations, including subbing the cointreau with blood orange liqueur and with mandarin liqueur. My favourites were with the cointreau and the blood orange liqueur. The mandarin was very good, but not quite as good.
I tried a couple of variations, including subbing the cointreau with blood orange liqueur and with mandarin liqueur. My favourites were with the cointreau and the blood orange liqueur. The mandarin was very good, but not quite as good.
14th October 2021 at 09:36
Lovely. Wish I could get better quality lemons. What a difference that might make.
30th August 2021 at 16:45
Everyone I make this for thinks it must contain grapefruit, firmly on out favourites list.
25th February 2021 at 17:56
This is firmly on our favourites list. Love the grapefruit flavour.
20th February 2021 at 20:19
Part way through making this I realised I'd run out of lemons. Works very well with lime too (for anyone else in a similar situation).
19th December 2020 at 22:05
Wanted to add that I made this is a tall glass with ice and filled to the top with sparkling mineral water. Not too big of a glass. Similar to a Negroni and soda water.
15th December 2020 at 01:31
Absolutely lovely. I'm a fan of Campari. I admit I used a bit of Lyle's Golden syrup instead of simple syrup (used what I had on hand) and it worked just as wonderfully!
5th December 2020 at 00:32
Delightful! Sure to be in my top 10.
31st October 2020 at 20:53
Loved it. Wonderful cocktail. THANKS.
10th October 2020 at 00:08
This new recipe is great! As the comments say, tastes more like graprefruit. Very refreshing and balanced
19th September 2020 at 22:38
Love it. I can safely say Campari has been the ticket to ease myself into gin!
30th August 2020 at 06:57
I'm not sure if there's a different drink for this, but this topped with soda and ice in a highball glass is absolutely delicious
Anonymous
16th July 2020 at 23:37
Absolutely delicious—although I prefer doubling the Campari to 1/2oz. With the extra bitterness it balances nicely and better lives up to its reputation for "tasting exactly like grapefruit", as many say.
1st July 2021 at 17:05
Good shout. Im going to try switching grand Marnier for Cointreau next time too
2nd August 2020 at 21:16
You're welcome! Happy to share since it has become a favourite.