

> > > Hi all,
> > > made this one up, pls tell m what u think;
> > >
> > > 4cl Havana Club 7 Aņos;
> > > 4cl Monin Passion Fruit Purée;
> > > Juice of 1 passion Fruit;
> > > 1cl Monin Passion Fruit sirop;
> > >
> > > all in the shaker,
> > > rim glass inside with;
> > > Monin Dark Chocolate sauce,
> > >
> > > Strain into the glass and add;
> > >
> > > 1 Scoop of Mint/Chocolat Carte DīOr Ice cream
> > >
> > > what do u think?
> >
> > Adding components to already existing drinks is a widely used trick
> >
> > to obtain new ideas. However there are other ways as well. Especially
> >
> > complex and/or large systems may benefit from removing components
> > instead of adding them.
> >
> > This drink makes me wonder about two aspects.
> > - I've always seen chocolate and mint as a very delicate combination.
> >
> > They create harmony as a duet. The same is true for such combinations
> >
> > as fruit and rum or rum and chocolate. This mixture with the four
> > components (rum,fruit,chocolate,mint) is very difficult to make it
> >
> > work at it's full potential. Can you really balance a quartet out of
> >
> > those well known duet (or possibly trio) combinations? What purpose
> >
> > should such quartet have?
> > - This one is related to the other aspect. You are suggesting to use
> >
> > a fairly complex rum. Is it's excellence still kept intact after
> > adding so many other additional flavours? The age of the rum makes
> >
> > for a mellow flavour which combines well in this recipe but I am
> > afraid that the other highlights of this very nice rum are not much
> >
> > preserved.
> >
> > What do you think of these ponderings?
>
>
> hello and thank you for ur ponderings,
> iīll try 2 awsering them all.
>
> first of all i didnīt realised there was a cocktail that was so
> similar to mine, still donīt know and iīm hoping u can tell me what
> it is and where 2 find it.
>
> u can see the final result of my cocktail in my Facebook page
> searching me by name Pedro Arantes or e-mail
> pedroarantes[at]hotmail.com.
>
> iīm an afficionate of Rhum, Tequila and Mezcal and therefore i
> believe iīve a pretty good knowledge of textures and flavours that
> each them have.
>
> u donīt loose any of itīs flavour althought it doesnīt enhabnces it
> either. this is meant to be an after-dinner girls drink. it was
> created on a base of what girls think of love... the sweet; the
> aphrodisiac; the mellow; all put together with the warm embrace of
> rhum.
> Rhum is a warm drink that embraces u and takes u a level up. itīs not
> like vodka or gin. itīs sweetness and flavour itīs ideal to make a
> woman fall in love.
> tried same cocktail with other Rhums like Brugal; Negrita;Barceló;
> Matusalen 15 Aņos or Legendario among others except Bacardi (wich i
> donīt see it as a full body rhum) either Carta Blanca as anejo or
> extra anejo. Havana was the one that gave me, for itīs complexity,
> the best comprimise of flavour and strengh to handle all the
> ingredients i wanted to add.
> the purpose of add so many passion fruit items was only to enhance
> all teh flavour that this aphrodisiac fruit as and balance it with
> the strengh of the Havana without overcoming it.
> this is a cocktail that as 2 textures. itīs supposed to be tasted
> through a spoon, thatīs why and i think u didnīt understood, only the
> rhum and Passion fruit items go to the Shaker and then simple
> strained 2 a cocktail glass previously rimmed with the dark chocolate
> sauce. after all of this, u just simply let a single Mint/chocolate
> scoop of ice cream fall inside the Glass. this ice cream as 2
> purposes: 1st its a wonderfull flavour created by Carte DīOr and a
> very passionate one; 2nd as the passion fruit and rhum becomes rather
> sweet it helps to balance all itīs sweetness throughout the cocktail
> even if when the ice cream is fully mealt and alters the texture of
> the cocktail.
>
> at first zipps u have all the beautifull warm flavours of the rhum
> with the sweetness of the passion fruit and the fresh ale of mint
> while at the end u have the final explosion of lust mellow flavous.
> like i said it was thought for girls; its made for girls and until
> now all that have tasted it ( and there are many...) all of them
> loved it. it was made thinking about sex and meant for sex. :-p
>
> If u see it clearly, itīs not a quartet of flavours but a threesome:
> Rhum, Passion fruit and ice cream and you should try it when u get
> the chance and see how it goes. :-)
> thank you for your question
What a nice explanation of your drink. It really benefits this website but
also the internet in general. There are so many plain recipes distributed, it
becomes a plague. I still see the drink as overly complex but I can appreciate
it now. Things which are overly done still can be very good.
--
"Question everything..."
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