African Flower
by Becky McFalls-Schwartz
Ingredients
Preparation
Build in rocks glass, add ice, stir for 5 seconds, express orange peel over the top, garnish with same peel.
Glass
Rocks Glass
Ice
Large Cube
The African Flower balances bourbon's warmth against a sophisticated bittersweet backdrop, with the Italian amaro lending gentle herbal complexity and the crème de cacao adding a subtle chocolate richness that never veers into dessert territory. Orange bitters tie everything together, brightening the drink and lifting the darker notes. It's a stirred sipper that drinks like a refined Manhattan variation, smooth and contemplative over a single large cube.