Cable Car
A San Francisco modern classic riffing on the Sidecar, featuring spiced rum with orange curaçao and fresh citrus, served with a cinnamon-sugar rim.
- 1½ ozspiced rum
- ¾ ozorange curaçao
- ¾ ozfresh lemon juice
- ¼ ozsimple syrup
- Orange twist with cinnamon-sugar rimgarnish
- 1Rim a coupe glass with cinnamon sugar (mix equal parts cinnamon and sugar).
- 2Add spiced rum, orange curaçao, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a shaker with ice.
- 3Shake vigorously until well chilled.
- 4Strain into the prepared coupe glass.
- 5Garnish with an orange twist.
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Tony Abou-Ganim created the Cable Car in 1996 at San Francisco's Starlight Room, naming it after the city's iconic transit system. This Sidecar variation substitutes spiced rum for cognac and adds a distinctive cinnamon-sugar rim that complements the rum's baking spice notes. The drink helped establish Abou-Ganim as one of the craft cocktail renaissance's leading figures.
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