
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
1
Serving
Flavor profile
Rum
Strength
Sweet
Sour
Bitter
Taste values from the Pocket Bartender recipe catalog.
Ingredients
- White Rum· not in your bar1 oz
Or swap: Cachaça — makes it punchier, Gold Rum — richer, slightly oaky
- Grenadine· not in your bar1/2 tsp
Or swap: Raspberry Syrup — berry-forward, same blush
- Lemon(optional)· not in your barJuice of 1/4
- Anisette· not in your bar1 tsp
Or swap: 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




