18 dr Bitters (Homemade bitters, cardamom and orange)
1 oz Demerara syrup (fig and vanilla)
7 oz Water (93°C)
21 ? Coffee (grams, Guatemalan Palhu Estate)
Instructions

Place paper filter in chemex and rinse with freshly boiled water. Remove filter and dump water. Add 90ml of Chivas 18 into the bottom of the chemex and place chemex in hot water bath, 2 inches deep. Place filter back into chemex and add 21 grams of coffee. Coffee should be ground slightly coarser than espresso grind. Mix 30mls of syrup and 18 drops of bitters with 210mls of freshly boiled water in a pouring jug. Add a tiny bit of the hot mixture, enough so that the coffee grounds are wet. Mix with spoon and let sit for 30 seconds. Start to pour the hot mixture in a circular motion (start at the edge and finish in the middle) Once the cone is full, let it drip through and then add the rest of the hot mixture in the center of the cone. Once it has slowed to a slow dribble, discard the cone.

Notes

Created for a Chivas 18 competition.

Cocktail summary
Picture of The 18th Alchemist
Posted by Jonny on
Created by
Jonathan, Hawthorn Lounge, Wellington, New Zealand
Year
2010
Is of
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