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Chatham Hotel Special

Classic/vintage · Creamy (e.g. Dirty banana)

3.8 12 ratings

Ingredients

2 oz Cognac (brandy)
3/4 oz Tawny port
1/2 oz Brown/dark cacao liqueur
1/2 oz Whipping cream

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

20.9% alc./vol. · 1.8 standard drinks · 247 calories

History

Proportions have been slightly changed and the original lemon zest garnish replaced with extra spice.

Ted Haigh revived this classic cocktail from the mid-1900s, which originated at New York's Chatham Hotel, in his 2004 book Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails.