Puccini

The Puccini is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 3 ingredients, shaken and topped and served in a flute. That makes 171 ml in the glass, soda included: a middling measure.

Ingredients

• 30 mlmandarin juice
• 22.5 mlmandarin liqueur
• top upprosecco

Method

1. Muddle the mandarin segments in the base of the shaker.
2. Add the liqueur, shake with ice and fine strain into the flute.
3. Top with prosecco.

Garnish: A mandarin segment, if you like.

What it tastes like

bitter → sweet

Sweetness shows without covering: it comes from mandarin liqueur, with 0.3 out of 10 of bitterness holding it back.

round → sour

Acidity leaves it halfway: 103rd of 186, and the acid comes from prosecco.

light → strong

Just 10.8% in the glass: lighter than 63% of the catalogue, and the volume has as much to do with it as the recipe.

Its closest neighbour is the Gin Lemon: 96 out of 100 for similarity.

Five that come close

• Gin LemonBuilt on gin and with lemon-lime soda in place of prosecco.
• Don’s Special DaiquiriBuilt on rum and with gold rum in place of prosecco.
• Vodka LemonBuilt on vodka and with lemon-lime soda in place of prosecco.
• Tom CollinsBuilt on gin and with Old Tom Gin in place of prosecco.
• Limoncello SpritzSweeter and with limoncello in place of mandarin juice.

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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026