Haiti

Name: Haiti
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2/3 oz Ferro China; 2/3 oz Dry vermouth; 1/3 oz Rubino/Rosso/Rojo vermouth; 1/6 oz Red bitter liqueur; 1/6 oz Navy rum (ideally circa 55% alc./vol.); 3 drop Aromatic bitters

Aperitivo/aperitif

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Ingredients

2/3 oz Ferro China

2/3 oz Dry vermouth

1/3 oz Rubino/Rosso/Rojo vermouth

1/6 oz Red bitter liqueur

1/6 oz Navy rum (ideally circa 55% alc./vol.)

3 drop Aromatic bitters

How to make

Serve in a nick & nora glass

Method

1 Select and pre-chill a NICK &AMP; NORA GLASS.
2 Prepare garnish of lemon (or orange) zest twist.
3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour profile

No alcohol Medium Boozy

Sweet Medium Dry/sour

55.0% alc./vol. · 0.8 standard drinks · 111 calories

History

This vintage aperitivo is lightly bitter and wonderfully complex, featuring distinctive ferro china, vermouth, and Demerara rum flavours.

This cocktail is adapted from a recipe found in Elveio Grassi's 1936 book, Mille Misture. Haiti Cocktail (Serie Grassi). Shake with ice in a shaker: 20% Vermouth Torino 10% Bitter Campari 30% Ferro China Bisleri 10% Rhum Demerara 30% Vermouth secco 2 dashes Angostura. Serve with a Lemon peel.