22's First Slice

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz coconut rum
• 0.75 oz amaro Montenegro
• 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
• 0.5 oz honey syrup
• 1 oz cold brew coffee
• 1 tsp orange bitters

Instructions

1. 1Combine coconut rum, amaro Montenegro, lemon juice, honey syrup, and cold brew in a shaker with ice.
2. 2Shake hard for 12 seconds — the contrast of bitter amaro and honey represents 22's journey.
3. 3Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
4. 4Drop orange bitters across the surface in a dotted pattern.
5. 5Garnish with a strip of orange zest twisted to represent a music note — no garnish is too simple when it means something.