La Cola Nostra Cocktail Recipe
Coca-Cola's original formula shared many of the original ingredients and flavors of modern-day bitters and amari. Here, the soda is swapped for a mixture of Averna and pimento dram, and given bubbly body with Champagne.
Recipe adapted from Don Lee, New York City
La Cola Nostra
Make this La Cola Nostra cocktail from Don Lee in New York City.
Prep Time
0
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
Servings
1
cocktail
Total time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- Ice
- 1½ ounces Ron Zacapa 23-year-old rum
- 1 ounce Averna
- ¾ ounce fresh lime juice
- :::½ ounce simple syrup (1:1 ratio):::
- ¼ ounce The Bitter Truth Pimento Dram
- 2 ounces Champagne or dry sparkling wine
- Lemon slice
Directions
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the rum, Averna, lime juice, simple syrup and pimento dram. Cover, shake and strain into an ice-filled Collins glass. Top with Champagne, garnish with the lemon slice and serve.