October 20: Pond Scum #18

Pond Scum is actually a series of drinks. Once upon a time I jokingly said that I would start at Pond Scum #100 and count down in versions until hitting #1 at which point the drink would be perfected. Many recipes have been lost to the drunken mists of time but here is one of the survivors that provided tasty results.

Taste profile: sweet with touches of bitter

Ingredients:

• 1 part coffee liqueur
• 1 part vodka
• 1 part melon liqueur
• 1 part orange juice
• ½ part Dr. Pepper cola

Pour the coffee liqueur into the glass first; this is the mud at the bottom of your pond. Pour the remaining ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake vigorously then strain gently into the glass either using the side of the glass or over a spoon so as to not disturb the ‘mud’.

Do not stir in the glass when served. The ‘mud’ serves as a chaser to clear the palate from the fruit flavors.

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