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I really enjoyed this drink and as others have said, it makes a nice summer aperitif. As I didn't have blue curaçao and couldn't rationalize buying a whole bottle, I just added a drop of blue food colouring as I was intrigued by the Difford's article "20 Best Blue Caraçao Cocktails" and his comment that "blue drinks are retro so back in vogue". While it didn't objectively change the taste, it certainly was visually interesting, and as Apicus said, "We eat with our eyes first".
Made these again, my French friends, not used to full blown cocktails, love this recipe. Added Schweppes Tonic water as a spritz. Great summer drink and looks lovely. Schweppes Tonic water has reduced the sugar and the quinine. Much better taste and more subtle.
I added the syrup slowly and and added another 1cl of curacao. A little bland at first and the syrup helped open up the cocktail. Would also consider added half of everything again to get more for 2 cocktails. Light and easy and could be dangerous with more than one!
Great colour. Makes a wonderful sipping or aperitif. As per personal taste, we used half of the sugar syrup. We like our cocktails a bit on the sour side. Would recommend.