Andreas Beil

Simon, I just saw you’re in Sakura mood and this reminded me of a variety of this cocktail ( which is indeed one of my favorites):
Replace the syrup with Maraschino (or up it a bit) and you have a damned good Sakura, Jimmy. Add Cherry for garnish and consider to stir in a bit of the syrup from the cherry jar for a cherry blossom pinkish hue.

Hi. Any proposal what amaro could sub for the Lucano? Might Averna be an option? Cheers Andreas

… pour the cocktail in the glass and cover it again to swirl the liquid. Following this, I got an intense smoky flavor just right, without fancy smoking equipment.

A fine, tasty and grown up cocktail. Here is my trick for the cinnamon smoke: place the powder on a small piece of aluminum foil, put the glass upside down over the cinnamon, and wrap the foil tightly around the glass. Then lift the glass, the foil with the cinnamon down, and heat the foil for a few seconds with a kitchen burner (like for crème brûlée). Thus, the cinnamon doesn’t fly away und the smoke is trapped in the glass until the liquid is mixed. Remove the glass, cover it with something…