legionnaire's club

2 oz Flor de Caña 7 Year Rum
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Housemade Coffee Cordial
1/4 oz Cinnamon Syrup
6-8 leaf Mint

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a mint leaf.
Two Wednesdays ago, I ventured out to Kenmore Square to visit the Hawthorne. There, I found a seat in front of bartender Altamash Gaziyani, and I requested the Legionnaire's Club from the menu. The drink was Rob Ficks' take on the Café Mazagran, an Algerian coffee lemonade, as its "rum-drenched cousin." The recipe seemed like a cross of a pineapple-less Mr. Bali Hai with a Rum Southside (or sodaless Mojito), so I was intrigued. Once prepared, the Legionnaire's Club greeted the nose with mint and coffee roast aromas. Next, lemon and roast notes on the sip transitioned into rum and coffee melding into mint on the swallow along with a cinnamon finish.