[Photo: Kathy YL Chan]
At Jose Andres' Zaytinya in Washington DC, cocktails come with catchy (if a little cheesy) names. There's the Greek Side Car, the Black Sea Tea, and the Istanbul, Not Constantinople ($10), a drink that can be summed up in two words: boozy apricots.
Maker's Mark bourbon serves as this base for this delicious cocktail where apricot makes an appearance in three different forms. The fruity sweetness comes from a potent puree of Turkish apricots, coupled with apricot eau-de-vie and an apricot-raki foam. The shaken cocktail surely leans on the sweeter side but the cocktail is potent enough to be taken seriously, despite all that fruit.
Zaytinya
701 9th Street NW, Washington D.C., DC 20001 (map)
202-638-0800
zaytinya.com
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