Directions
The Shaved Eagle cocktail is a tough, spicy drink with an enveloping charm, with mature tones, but it is not light. It is a cocktail that relies on the strong flavor of whiskey, possibly a good quality Kentucky Bourbon whiskey, which is quite smoky and spicy.
Its alcohol content is high, but the flavor is smooth, so you can safely drink it as an aperitif. But be careful, Bourbon whiskey is tricky, it tickles you, but it hits hard. There is no need to splurge and open a fine distillate worth hundreds of euros: this should not be an expensive cocktail.
The other ingredients of the Shaved Eagle cocktail are tangerine juice, cardamom, bay leaf, and black tea. All suggestions are designed to create an aromatic, dark and dense symphony that the tangerine will cut with a refreshing touch. As a sweetener, sugar syrup is fine, but good orange blossom honey is fine too.
Ok, that’s all: be ready to fly with the Shaved Eagle cocktail, enjoy!
Shaved Eagle cocktail ingredients and doses
- 4 cl of bourbon whiskey
- 2 tangerines
- 1 cl of sugar syrup
- 2 cardamom seeds
- 1 cl of smoked black tea, Lapsang Souchong
- 1 bay leaf
How to prepare the Shaved Eagle cocktail
Squeeze the tangerines and strain the juice.
Put the ice in a rag and beat it on the counter to mince it and then fill an old-fashioned glass.
Pour the bourbon whiskey, tangerine juice, cardamom, Lapsang Souchong black tea, bay leaf and sugar syrup in the shaker, add 3 ice cubes and shake for 12 seconds.
Pour into the glass filtering with the julep and a sieve and garnish as desired.
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Boulevardier, Old Fashioned, Irish Coffee, Mint Julep, Sazerac, Godfather, Rusty Nail, Rob Roy, Old Pal, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Toronto, Penicillin.
