Dawa
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Ingredients
How to make
Serve in a double old-fashioned glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish of honey-coated dipper stick stirrer (honey stick).
Method
- 3 Cut a ripe lime in half (from pole to pole) and remove the core from each half by cutting a V-shape grove. (You'll need one-half of the lime per cocktail).
- 4 Chop a cored half into 3 wedges, then slice each wedge in half to produce 6 chunks of lime and drop these into the serving glass.
- 5 MUDDLE lime chunks in the base of the glass.
- 6 Add vodka and honey-loaded honey dipper stick (or bar spoon of honey) and use the dipper stick (or spoon) to STIR until the honey is dissolved.
- 7 Add sugar syrup and fill the glass with crushed ice leaving the dipper stick as a garnish for the drinker to continue stirring.
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History
Similar to the Caipirovska with vodka and lime, but the Dawa is sweetened with honey.
This cocktail draws inspiration from the Brazilian Caipirinha. It was first made and named in the 1980s at the Carnivore Restaurant in Nairobi. The drink is especially favored in high-end hotel bars across Kenya, where it is popular with those on safari. The name translates from Kiswahili to mean 'medicine'. It is worth noting that in Kenya, a Dowa also refers to a non-alcoholic beverage prepared with honey, ginger, and lime juice, mixed with hot water.