The Vervet

Name: The Vervet
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 5/6 oz Gin; 1/3 oz White crème de cacao; 1/2 oz Aromatized wine; 1/4 oz Banana liqueur; 1/6 oz Lemon juice; 1/12 oz Coffee liqueur

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Ingredients

5/6 oz Gin

1/3 oz White crème de cacao

1/2 oz Aromatized wine

1/4 oz Banana liqueur

1/6 oz Lemon juice

1/12 oz Coffee liqueur

How to make

Serve in a nick & nora glass

1 SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass
2 Carefully POUR coffee liqueur into centre of the cocktail (it should sink to create a dark layer at the bottom of the cocktail).

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20.3% alc./vol. · 1 standard drink · 136 calories

History

The Vervet, a species of monkey characterized by a white body and black head, serves as the inspiration for this layered cocktail. It offers faint notes of coffee and banana, finishing with a lively coffee flavor. The drink was originally based on Monkey 47 Gin.