Base: Sambuca
Sambuca con Mosca
Sambuca with three coffee beans — the classic Italian serve.
Quick answer: 50 ml sambuca • 3 coffee beans
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Ingredients
- —50 ml sambuca
- —3 coffee beans
Story
An Italian tradition: three coffee beans stand for health, wealth and happiness. An even number is considered bad luck.
Method
- 1Pour sambuca into a room-temperature shot glass.
- 2Drop in three coffee beans.
- 3Optionally flame it for 5–7 seconds, then cover to extinguish.
- 4Drink at once, chewing the beans.
- Sambuca
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Questions and answers
Sambuca con Mosca: where to get the ingredients?
All 1 item is BrandBar catalogue bottles; the “I want it” button next to each one opens it at brandbar.ua. One bottle lasts for many servings, and some of them go into other recipes too.
Sambuca con Mosca: what do you need?
50 ml sambuca; 3 coffee beans.
What can replace “Sambuca” in this recipe?
Any item from the same selection will do — for example Sambuka Zako (Zako) 0.7 L 40%, Sambuka Ibiza (Ibitsa) 0.5 L 42%, Sambuka Ibiza (Ibitsa) 0.7 L 42%. The taste will change, but the ingredient keeps its role in the drink.
Sambuca con Mosca: how long does it take?
About 5 minutes, 4 steps.