Almaza

Name: Almaza
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 1 Orange Peel; 30 ml Sweet Vermouth; 11 ml Vermouth

Published by Frank Meier at the Ritz Bar in Paris in 1936, creator unclear. A stirred gin and sweet vermouth drink with a little extra vermouth and an orange peel; herbal and gently sweet.

Almaza appeared in Frank Meier's 1936 book The Artistry of Mixing Drinks. Meier worked at the Ritz Bar in Paris, and who devised the drink is unclear. Its name matches the Arabic term for "diamond", but whether that was the intended reference is not known.

Method

Stirred

Glass

cocktail

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Citrus

Floral

Sweet