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The Cabinet: Crème de Cacao

Eat, dirty little girl, eat!

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Richard Godwin
Mar 11, 2022
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~ CREME DE CACAO ~
Chocolate-flavoured liqueur. 15-30% ABV / c.£12-25 for 700ml
Friends with: vodka, rum (light and dark) and especially rhums agricoles; bourbon, rye, brandy; to a lesser extent gin; orange liqueur; Chartreuse; sweet vermouth, both the red kind and especially the white kind; Campari; Cynar; lime; pinapple; cream.

Eat your chocolates, little girl,
Eat your chocolates!
Believe me, there’s no metaphysics on earth like chocolates,
And all religions put together teach no more than the candy shop.
Eat, dirty little girl, eat!
- from Tobacco Shop by Fernando Pessoa

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