Three Dots and a Dash

Smuggler’s Cove

Contributed by Martin Cate

Three Dots and a Dash

Appears in 66 Collections

Appears in 66 Collections

About The Three Dots and a Dash Cocktail

This Tiki drink is what an exotic cocktail is all about, with citrus, sweeteners, spice and, of course, rums.

Ingredients in The Three Dots and a Dash Cocktail

1 ¹⁄₂ oz

AOC Martinique rhum agricole vieux

¹⁄₂ oz

Blended aged rum

¹⁄₄ oz

John D. Taylor’s Velvet falernum

¹⁄₄ oz

St. Elizabeth allspice dram

¹⁄₂ oz

Fresh lime juice

¹⁄₂ oz

Fresh orange juice

¹⁄₂ oz

Honey syrup

1 dash

Angostura bitters

3 maraschino cherries on a cocktail pick and 1 pineapple frond (representing Morse Code—three cherries as the three dots and the frond as the dash), for garnish

Glass:

How to make The Three Dots and a Dash Cocktail

Add all of the ingredients to a drink mixer tin.

Fill with 12 oz of crushed ice and 4 to 6 small “agitator” cubes.

Flash-blend, then open pour with gated finish into a footed pilsner glass and add the garnish.

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