This Golden Spiced Orchard Cocktail is crisp, spiced and beautifully golden. It mixes clear apple juice with winter spices such as star anise and cinnamon, making it unmistakably festive.
Prep Time: 1 hour
Servings: 1
Price Range: Affordable
Difficulty: Medium
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Golden Spiced Orchard Cocktail Ingredients
Alcohol
- 40 ml Golden Rum (We used Bumbu Craft Rum)
Juices, Sodas & Syrups
- 80 ml Clear Apple Juice
- 10 ml Winter Spice Syrup (see recipe below)
- Soda water to top up
Fruit & Other
- Orange slice to garnish
- Apple slice to garnish
- Slices of fresh ginger
- Cloves
- 100g caster sugar
- Cinnamon stick + for garnish
- Star anise + for garnish
Golden Spiced Orchard Cocktail Recipe
- To start off you need to make the winter spice syrup. To do this, combine equal parts sugar and hot water in a pan.
- Add the cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves and fresh ginger to the pan and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
- Once dissolved remove from the heat and let the spice steep for 30 mins.
- Double strain the pan contents into a jar and store in the fridge until you are ready to use.
Only five steps to make the perfect Golden Spiced Orchard Cocktail!
- Fill a glass with ice.
- Add the rum and clear apple juice to the glass and give the contents a stir.
- Add 10ml of the winter spiced syrup to the glass and top up with the soda water.
- Garnish with a cinnamon stick, star anise and orange and apple slices.
- Serve, sip and enjoy!
Equipment
This cocktail will need the following equipment:
- Jigger
- Fine mesh strainer
- Hawthorne strainer
- Knife & chopping board for garnishes
- Pan
- Jug
- Scales
- Glass
Cocktail Units & Pricing
We’ve based these volumes, units and pricing off our alcohol database. Our prices are based off open Open Exchange Rates from the GBP total.
| Ingredient | Volume | Units | Price |
| Golden Rum | 40 ml | 1.60 | £0.68 |
| Clear Apple Juice | 80 ml | 0.00 | £0.05 |
| Winter Spice Syrup | 10 ml | 0.00 | £0.15 |
| Soda water | 50 ml | 0.00 | £0.03 |
| 180 ml | 1.60 | £0.91 | $1.22* | €1.04* |
FAQs
Can I batch make the winter spice syrup?
Yes – just scale the syrup recipe and store it in the fridge. It will keep for up to a week in a sealed bottle or jar.
