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The Drinking Guide
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The Raconteur with cranberry, orange and lime, shaken into a chilled coupe with an orange twist.
Ingredients
30 ml Sammy Raconteur
30 ml sweetened cranberry juice drink
15 ml fresh orange juice
15 ml fresh lime juice
10 ml agave working mix (equal parts; see prep)
Glassware: Shallow coupe glass
Ice: Cubed ice for shaking; no serving ice
Garnish: One orange zest twist
Method
Preparation
Use sweetened cranberry juice drink rather than concentrated unsweetened cranberry juice. Agave working mix (equal parts): stir 30 ml Sammy agave with 30 ml water until uniform. Use the measured working mix listed for this drink, not the same measure of neat agave. Check the cranberry label and bench-test this fixed starting recipe before approval. Make fresh for the session, refrigerate promptly and keep chilled until use.
Make the cocktail
1. Chill a shallow coupe.
2. Shake every measured ingredient with ice for 10 seconds.
3. Fine-strain, then twist the orange peel over the surface and place it neatly on the rim.
