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Sour · Shaken · Historical · complexity 1/5

Diki-Diki Cocktail

Fitchett's Diki-Diki is the Embassy Club 1922 calvados, Swedish punch, and grapefruit drink.

sweet · sour · citrus · grassy · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass. Ice: Broken ice.

Variants (2)

About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.14) — Embassy Club London

0.25 gillCalvados base
0.25 gillgrapefruit juice — Grape Fruit Juicegarnish
0.25 gillSwedish punch — Caloric Punchmodifier
  1. Fill the shaker half full of broken ice and add the ingredients.
  2. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

Ice: Broken ice

This matters because it preserves a dated Embassy Club London house drink with explicit 1922 attribution.

L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.21)

0.67 partCalvados base
0.17 partSwedish punch base
0.17 partgrapefruit juice — Grapefruit juicegarnish
  1. Shake cold and serve.

The source attributes this to Robert Vermeire of the Robert's Bar in Le Zoute, Belgium.

See also: Jack Rose, Have a Heart Cocktail