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Flaming Sambuca Shot

A traditional Italian digestif shot featuring anise-flavored Sambuca, often served flaming with coffee beans.

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📋 Build🥃 Shot Glass🧊 none🍋 three coffee beans👅 sweet, anise, licorice, warming

📊 Servings:1

Ingredients

1½ ozSambuca(white Sambuca traditional)
3 wholecoffee beans(for garnish, represents health, happiness, prosperity)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

Pour Sambuca into a shot glass.
Float three coffee beans on top.
Carefully light the Sambuca on fire.
Let it burn for a few seconds to toast the beans and warm the liqueur.
Extinguish by covering with your hand or a coaster.
BLOW OUT FLAME BEFORE DRINKING. Drink while still warm.

📜 History

Sambuca is an Italian anise-flavored liqueur traditionally served as a digestif. The classic presentation con la mosca (with the fly) includes three coffee beans representing health, happiness, and prosperity. When lit on fire, the flames toast the coffee beans and warm the liqueur. Always extinguish before drinking!

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~38% ABV