# East India Cocktail

Tiny measures of pineapple, curaçao, maraschino, and bitters season Cognac without turning this nineteenth-century drink into either a sour or a tropical punch.

Strength: 37% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Cognac](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cognac.md)
- 5 ml [Pineapple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/pineapple-syrup.md)
- 5 ml [Orange curaçao](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-curacao.md) — Use a dry orange curaçao.
- 2 dashes [Luxardo Maraschino](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/luxardo-maraschino.md)
- 2 dashes [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Garnish

- Lemon twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and retain the twist.

## Method

1. Stir all ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [Chicago Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chicago-cocktail.md): Cognac, curaçao, and bitters meet a restrained Champagne top beneath a sugar-crusted rim, placing this 1922 drink between the Champagne Cocktail and Brandy Crusta.
- [Japanese Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/japanese-cocktail.md): Cognac, orgeat, and aromatic bitters form a foundational stirred cocktail whose dry brandy structure keeps the almond syrup far from tropical territory.
- [Brandy Crusta](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-crusta.md): A brandy sour with maraschino, curaçao, bitters, a sugar-crusted rim, and a long citrus peel.
- [Sidecar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidecar.md): A crisp Cognac sour balanced with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [Sazerac](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sazerac.md): Cognac, sugar, and Peychaud’s bitters served in an absinthe-rinsed glass.
- [Stinger](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/stinger.md): Cognac softened and cooled by white crème de menthe.
- [French Connection](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/french-connection.md): A restrained measure of amaretto rounds Cognac with silky texture and bittersweet stone-fruit-kernel perfume without burying the brandy's fruit and oak.
- [Soyer au Champagne](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/soyer-au-champagne.md): Vanilla ice cream softens Cognac, curaçao, and maraschino before cold Champagne turns the drink into a creamy, aromatic sparkling float.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/east-india-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/east-india-cocktail-c1ec5dfd.webp
- Recipe source: https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1888-Harry-Johnson-s-new-and-improved-bartender-s-manual-1888/74