cocktail notes

for my fam’s chinese new year dinner i decided to make a version of scott beattie’s awesome waverly place echo:
1 1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz mandarin-tangerine infused vodka
1/2 oz meyer lemon
1/4 oz lime
3/4 oz chinese five spice + kaffir makrut lime leaf syrup
muddled kumquat (seeds removed)
muddled tangerine slice
dash orange bitters
lemon twist
five-spice-makrut-leaf syrup
1 T five-spice
1 cup sugar
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