15 Jul 2018
Note: for this popup I asked my good friend Mitch Davis to act as sous-chef and guest bartender. This is the first of three cocktails he developed for this menu, and the rest of this post is written by him.
An ode to the populist political movement that swept Central and South America near the end of the 20th century. What started as a pink-hued, blackberry-French 75 turned into a pisco-based variation by random choice. Pisco, being a brandy, led me to thinking of another brandy-based cocktail, the Japanese. Hybridizing is a fun way to experiment with cocktails, so I took the orgeat from the Japanese and added it in there. A splash of Campari balances the whole thing out with some bitterness. Great for whetting the pre-meal appetite.
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For 4 servings (you will have extra pisco).
430g Capurro Torontel pisco
15g yerba mate
165g raw almonds
470g water
350g sugar
10g Amaro Nonino
10g Courvoisier
1g rose water
4 blackberries
3/4 oz orgeat
3/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz Campari
1 1/2 oz yerba mate-infused pisco, from above
Prosecco