Todd Vaziri🍸
Casey Liss@caseyliss I’m on my second vesper and feelin fiiiiiiine
Steve Mintsioulis@tvaziri @caseyliss what’s the consensus on the appropriate contemporary substitution for the Kina Lillet?
Danny Whitt@stevemint @tvaziri @caseyliss Hmm, I thought it was Lillet Blanc, so isn’t Kina the substitute here?
@drwhitt Kina was the version named by Fleming in the original description, and included more quinine than Blanc
Doug Price@stevemint @tvaziri @caseyliss I don’t know if there is necessarily a consensus, but I have seen folks recommend Cocchi Americano. It is excellent in a martini.
@stevemint @caseyliss wait what happened with lillet
@tvaziri Kina Lillet was the original referenced by Fleming but has not been made since the 80s. There are other versions of Lillet (I have the Blanc) and other alternatives so just wondering what people were using!
@stevemint ah, I always use Lillet
(I thought Lillet was Milkshake Duck'd or something)
John Gruber@stevemint @tvaziri Easiest adjustment is a small dash of Angustura bitters to the shaker.
Hard solution is finding a bottle of Kina L’Avion d’Or. It’s an attempt to recreate the original Kina Lillet. A pal bought me a bottle as a gift long ago and I enjoyed it, but I can’t say it really made a difference worth caring about, other than the satisfaction of being a nerd about it.