Baijiu Indonesia – Sapphire Cooler Cocktail

Indonesia is located off the coast of south-east Asia in the Indian and pacific oceans, an archipelago that lies across the equator. Its islands are grouped into Greater Sunda islands of Sumatra, Java the southern extent of Borneo and Sulawesi. The lesser Sund islands Nusa Tenggara of Bali and a chain of islands that lies eastwards through Timor, the Maluka lies between Sulawesi and New Guinea .

Indonesia is made up of nearly 18,000 islands of which more than 7000 are uninhabited.

Jakarta is the largest city and capitol if Indonesia it lies on the north-west coast of Java at the mouth of the Liwung river. The port of Tanjung Priok is the largest in Indonesia.

The national drink is Arak Bali this traditional spirit is fermented from glutinous rice or sap from the sugar palm, a colourless drink that has a alcohol range from 20% to 50% ABV.

Sapphire Cooler Baijiu Cocktail

25ml of V.I.P Jiu 8
25ml of Arak Bali
15ml of blue Curacao
3 ice cubes
1 cocktail cherry
1 slice of orange

Put all the ingredients except the cherry and orange into a cocktail shaker, shake to mix and then strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with cherry and orange.