Shanghai Cocktail
Jamaican rum shaken with lemon, a teaspoon of anisette and a blush of grenadine. Funky rum meets licorice in a compact vintage sour.
19.5% ABVMediumCocktails
Easy
Difficulty
3 min
Time
140 Cal
Calories
Flavor profile
Rum
Strength
Sweet
Sour
Bitter
Taste values from the Pocket Bartender recipe catalog.
Ingredients
- White Rum1 oz
- Grenadine1/2 tsp
- Lemon(optional)Juice of 1/4
- Anisette1 tsp
Ingredient substitutions
No exact bottle on the shelf? These swaps keep Shanghai Cocktail close to the original.
Instead of White Rum
- Cachaça— makes it punchier
- Gold Rum— richer, slightly oaky
Instead of Grenadine
- Raspberry Syrup— berry-forward, same blush
Instead of Anisette
- Sambuca— drier, boozier
Instructions
Shake all ingredients with ice.
Strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
Pairs well with
Anise-kissed rum with lemon leans toward aromatic Chinese small plates:
- Five-spice pork belly bites
- Scallion pancake wedges
- Sesame prawn toast
- Candied ginger
Similar taste
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