Name: New York Minute
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 52.5 ml Reposado tequila; 20 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Barrel-aged bitters

New York Minute
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ³⁄₄ oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
²⁄₃ oz	Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Whiskey barrel-aged bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon and orange zests, and coffee beans.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon and orange zest twists over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with 3 coffee beans floated on the surface to represent health, wealth and happiness.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Honeyed tequila and aromatic maraschino with complex herbal vinous notes.

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History:

Adapted from a drink discovered in 2014 at Duck & Cover, Copenhagen, Denmark, but originally created by Luke Whearty at Der Raum, Melbourne.

Nutrition:

One serving of New York Minute contains 201 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
24.74% alc./vol. (24.74° proof)
23 grams of pure alcohol

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Justin Aniello

9th June at 20:58

This is probably my favorite drink with maraschino, doesn't overpower everything else like I find it does in most drinks. Amazing how much the coffee aroma changes how the drink tastes.

Cole Hladun

18th February at 04:18

Great drink. Did not use any cane syrup and it was still plenty sweet. Used Cocchi Amaro Vermouth.

Annechien

14th February at 19:13

Excellent flavours. To me the different ingredients are well balanced but I’d like to try again without the sugar syrup. It was quite sweet. I did make it for dessert so it fit the moment. I did very much like the coffee beans in this drink!

Annechien

15th March at 17:14

Without the sugar syrup it is exactly to my taste. I used chocolate bitters because I don’t have the whiskey barrel-aged bitters. Upgraded it to 5 stars. Delicious.

Andre Derailleur

22nd January at 11:20

Perhaps a little dominated by vermouth, but an excellent nightcap. I was surprised that the coffee beans did add a real background aroma and taste. I want try it with anejo to see if that balances the vermouth better.

David Teager

12th November 2024 at 22:11

Nothing to say about the drink, so you can delete this comment later, but you need to re-order your directions so that number two is last
I have noted this on some other drinks as well

Simon Difford

13th November 2024 at 06:34

It is good practice to prepare your garnish ahead of making the cocktail so the cocktail is served as freshly made as possible. Hence, I've always put the garnish before the method. However, we're in the process of changing from garnish, followed by one-line methods to steps. While I work my way through 6,000 cocktails, as a first stage, we've added "prepare" in front of the existing garnish instruction. As you say, adding a garnish instruction as the last step will follow.

Matt

12th November 2024 at 03:44

Outstanding, tequila-forward cocktail. Reposado tequila is definitely better here, and the maraschino and Carpano Antica add significant depth to the flavor (as do the bitters, I suspect). Quite sweet, but I didn't think it was too much. This may diplace the Oaxaca Old-Fashioned as my favorite tequila cocktail.

Joseph Murray

24th August 2024 at 21:52

Delicious and interesting. As written except didn’t have the bitters so substituted Angostura plus a few drops of Old Overholt Rye.

Joseph Murray

24th August 2024 at 22:02

The coffee beans add a strong olfactory element as you sip it

maya foster

12th May 2024 at 15:24

This was delicious. I used herradura anejo and subbed in honey syrup. Wow.

Yorey C

4th December 2023 at 07:44

1. Cazadores blanco
2. Dolin
3. Luxardo
4. honey syrup
5. angosturra.
finding it kinda flat and cloying. honey could definitely be a "muddling" factor. Only getting agave and pepper from the blanco tequila. bitters arent helping much either. should try again with more accurate ingredients i think