Orange bitters

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• Alcoholic

Orange bitters are an alcohol-based aromatic cocktail bitters, flavoured mainly with bitter orange peel and rounded out with spices and bitter roots such as cardamom, coriander and gentian. They began as a digestive tincture with a long Dutch tradition, then entered cocktails in the late nineteenth century alongside vermouth. The taste joins citrus and bitterness, with spice notes that vary from brand to brand. A few dashes are enough to lift and tie together vermouth or sherry drinks such as the Adonis, Bamboo and Alaska.

Used in 7 cocktails.