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Green Mamba recipe
Bright green and dangerous — cane spirit and blue curaçao turned green with orange juice and lemonade.
A Green Mamba is 25 ml (23.5 g) Cane Spirit, 25 ml (26.3 g) Blue Curaçao, 50 ml (52 g) Orange Juice and 75 ml (78 g) Lemonade, built and served in a highball glass. It pours to about 175 ml before ice, at roughly 9.1% ABV. Weighing the ingredients instead of measuring them is what keeps the balance identical from one round to the next.
- Glasshighball glass
- Methodbuilt
- Pour volume175 ml
- Strength (est.)9.1% ABV
- Time3 min
Green Mamba ingredients — in millilitres and grams
Grams are what the PourPilot coaster actually targets. They are not the same as the millilitres: a spirit is lighter than water, a syrup is heavier, so 30 ml of one is never 30 g. The right-hand column is the density we use, in grams per millilitre.
| Ingredient | Volume | Weight | g/ml | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Spirit | 25 ml | 23.5 g | 0.94 | Weighed by the coaster |
| Blue Curaçao | 25 ml | 26.3 g | 1.05 | Weighed by the coaster |
| Orange Juice | 50 ml | 52 g | 1.04 | Weighed by the coaster |
| Lemonade | 75 ml | 78 g | 1.04 | Weighed by the coaster |
How to make a Green Mamba
- Set your highball glass on the scale (or on the PourPilot coaster) and zero it. Every measurement below is given in millilitres and in grams, so you can use either.
- Fill the highball glass with fresh ice.
- Build Cane Spirit, Blue Curaçao and Orange Juice straight into the glass, weighing each pour.
- Top with Lemonade and stir once, gently, from the bottom up.
Green Mamba: the questions people actually ask
How strong is a Green Mamba?
Roughly 9.1% ABV as poured, before the ice dilutes it — typically another 15–25% water by the time you finish stirring or shaking. Sessionable. Comparable to a glass of wine by volume.
What glass should a Green Mamba be served in?
A highball glass. Fill it with fresh ice, not the ice you mixed with.
Can I make a Green Mamba without a jigger?
Yes — that is what the gram column is for. Put the glass or tin on a kitchen scale, zero it, and pour to the weight. It is more accurate than a jigger because nothing is left clinging to the inside of the measure. The PourPilot coaster does the same thing without you having to watch a display: it lights up as you approach the target and tells you when to stop.
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