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Amaro and cola
Fernet-and-cola logic on the amaro you have. Lime. Ice. Don't stir the life out of it.
The sheet · 1 tall glass · 3 min
easyWhy tonight. Fernet-and-cola logic on the amaro you have. Lime. Ice. Don't stir the life out of it.
What it needs
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- amaro
- cola
- lime
Method
- Amaro and cola over ice with a hard squeeze of lime. Both are bitter, spiced and caramel-sweet, so they sit together naturally.
- Cola is sweeter than amaro is bitter, so start at one part amaro to two of cola and go up.
- Build it in the glass and stir once. No shaking, or the cola goes flat.
- It is what to drink instead of a rum and coke, and it is a better drink by a distance.
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What the method is trying to make happen
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Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- amaro
- Bitter herbal liqueur, and every bottle is its own recipe.
- cola
- Sweet, acidic and caramel-heavy, which is enough structure to carry a spirit on its own.
- lime
- Sharper and more floral than lemon, and it fades faster — juice it the same hour you use it.
Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.
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