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Reminiscent of an Espresso Martini but with raisiny fruit and distinctive gentian bitterness. A great after-dinner sipper, but don't let that stop you...
Simon Sedgley
25th July at 13:27
Very pleasant. But we found ourselves asking: "Where's the cream and nutmeg dusting as a garnish?" We had no cream to hand so that's an experiment for another day.
24th July at 20:28
Appleton 12, 3:1 amontillado to demerara syrup, Suze, rich cane simple with 5 drops Bob's vanilla bitters... not the prescribed ingredients, not ideal, but still pretty darn enjoyable. The recipe has some wiggle room.
14th January 2025 at 05:11
Interesting - definitely worth a try. The vanilla syrup (I used a prepkgd syrup, not homemade) was too strong, and tilted the drink into the too sweet and too vanilla area. However, the PX dried fruit is apparent on the rum backbone, and the Suze earthiness is there on the edges as well. The small amount of earl grey tea is lost though. I may try again, with less (or a lower sweetness) vanilla syrup.
20th September 2021 at 21:03
I had to make a few subs and added an extra ingredient but this created a delicious and far too easy to drink riff. The complex combinations of flavours is reminiscent of a very grown up coca cola! Specs I used:
60 ml Havana 7
20 ml PX sherry
10 ml Aperol
10 ml Vanilla Syrup
5 ml Earl Grey
5 ml Italicus (boost bergamot notes which I like)
60 ml Havana 7
20 ml PX sherry
10 ml Aperol
10 ml Vanilla Syrup
5 ml Earl Grey
5 ml Italicus (boost bergamot notes which I like)
29th July 2021 at 19:09
I really like this cocktail, but with all the big flavours I can't really taste wether I do or don't add the 5ml cold Earl Grey. I suppose it's just my unrefined palate?
30th July 2021 at 07:15
5ml is a tiny measure for a relatively subtly flavoured ingredient, even if a very strongly brewed Earl Grey tea.