# Roman Holiday

Nandini Khaund’s crushed-ice amaro drink pulls Meletti, Campari, pineapple, lime, and cold-brew coffee into a dark, saline Jungle Bird orbit.

Strength: 10% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Meletti amaro](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/meletti-amaro.md)
- 7.5 ml [Campari](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/campari.md)
- 22.5 ml [Fresh pineapple juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-pineapple-juice.md)
- 22.5 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)
- 30 ml [Cold-brew coffee](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cold-brew-coffee.md) — Use an unsweetened, freshly strained cold-brew concentrate and keep it refrigerated.
- 7.5 ml [Demerara syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/demerara-syrup.md) — Use a rich syrup made with two parts demerara sugar to one part water.
- 1 pinch [Salt](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/salt.md)

## Glassware

Rocks glass

## Garnish

- Cinnamon stick — Use one short, fresh cinnamon stick.

## Method

1. Shake all the ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with crushed ice.

## Related drinks

- [Jungle Bird](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/jungle-bird.md): A dark-rum tropical drink cut by pineapple, fresh lime, and the firm bitterness of Campari.
- [Love & Murder](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/love-and-murder.md): Equal Campari, green alpine liqueur, and lime form an audacious bitter sour, with syrup and four saline drops making the apparent collision cohere.
- [Chartreuse Swizzle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chartreuse-swizzle.md): A vivid herbal swizzle balancing Green Chartreuse with pineapple, falernum, and lime.
- [Piña Verde](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pina-verde.md): Erick Castro's modern classic turns Green Chartreuse into a tropical base spirit, vivid against creamy coconut, pineapple, and lime.
- [East 8 Hold-Up](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/east-8-hold-up.md): Kevin Armstrong’s vivid London modern classic balances vodka with Aperol, pineapple, lime, passion fruit, and measured sweetness over ice.
- [Lost Lake](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/lost-lake.md): Paul McGee's modern Chicago tropical classic, balancing funky Jamaican rum and passion fruit with a dry, bittersweet seam of Campari and maraschino.
- [Fernet Cup No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fernet-cup-no-1.md): A bracing Fernet highball brightened with lime, sugar, and spicy ginger beer.
- [Enzoni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/enzoni.md): A bittersweet gin sour that folds muddled green grapes into the structure of a Negroni.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/roman-holiday
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/roman-holiday-4ee6584a.webp
- Recipe source: https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/roman-holiday/