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Spirit-forward · Stirred · Historical · complexity 3/5

The Bitter-Sweet Cocktail

A kummel and Italian vermouth cocktail accented with absinthe, orange bitters, gum, and anisette.

Served in Glass. Ice: Ice.

Variants (1)

The Flowing Bowl by William Schmidt (1892, p.125) — The Flowing Bowl 1892

4 dashAbsinthe base
0.33 drinkkummel base
1 dashorange bitters bitter
1 dashanisette modifier
0.33 drinkItalian vermouth — vino vermouthmodifier
3 dashgum syrup — gumsweetener
  1. Stir all ingredients with ice, strain, and serve.

Ice: Ice