It has taken me Soo long to find educative videos on youtube. I'm a kenyan a beginner bar tender and making Dawa is just my favourite thing to do.. Im glad to finally see something here I can relate to personally.
Kenyan? That’s awesome. I love the idea of you doing a few more international cocktails from lesser known regions. I’ve had some amazing unique cocktails in my travels. 🌎🥃
@@TheEducatedBarfly I’ve mostly only traveled throughout the Americas and you very well may have made these already but here are a few I distinctly remember enjoying: Macua - Nicaragua Ponche de Pina - Honduras Canelazo - Colombia Batida - Brazil Chilcano- Peru
There's apparently a third version; my fiancée traveled frequently to East Africa (including Kenya) for work prior to the pandemic) and the version she's had is essentially a toddy, but non-alcoholic.
Very cool drink and comparison between the glasses and the two different ways to make it. Glad you were able to have this drink come back from Kenya and make it to the channel. Cheers!
I'm a mixologist in Kenya and I have made the Dawa cocktail for six good years and not once have I ever used sugar or shaken it. It's basically muddling 4 to 5 lime wadges with 2 barspoons of honey add in the vodka and stire the drink then top up with crushed ice.. Not sugar.. Any one that's making it with sugar they are doing it all wrong, Owh and it comes in a rock glass not the highball.
Yes, the original was made in a Rocks glass. But it does contain sugar, even the original Carnivore restaurant lists sugar as ingredient. But everyone is allowed to do variations. If you haven't tried shaking it, give it a try, it's really good. tamarind.co.ke/restaurant.php?carnivore
@@TheEducatedBarfly American living here in Kenya for 4 years and I have to say I was surprised by the addition of sugar as well. I have seen sugar used instead of heny at places where honey wasn't affordable but generally it's one of the other and almost always honey. Not surprised the original uses both, just goes to show how people make recipes their own. I'm going to give it a try with your honey syrup recipe and no sugar. Love the idea of the Dawa tray as well. That would be fun with visitors.
There seems to be a lot of drinkmaking/bartending channels now; however, this is one of my go-to ones! I love the stories and eduction you bring to the channel! Much love brotha!
With four ingredients, all of them pretty basics ones at that, this is pretty much a classic cocktail except that a lot of people haven't heard of it before.
Dawa is made with lemons. In Kenya plenty of lemon varieties are green, so it's an honest mistake. Also the Dawa tea is ancient and people have been pouring booze in it for ages so it is definitely not invented at Carnivore.
Coincidence is a crazy thing, a bartender friend from Galway, Ireland did a kitesurfing season in Kenya and brought this recipe home with him and made one for us a few weeks ago! African cocktails trending up?
Your aside about making a caipirinha with vodka reminded me of the first time I tried making one with mezcal (Del Maguey Vida, to be precise). The sugar and lime played amazingly well with the smokey mezcal, to the point that I enjoy it more than the traditional cachaca version.
Also, when I was in Limpopo province in South Africa, the locals had a very simple cocktail that was essentially equal parts Richelieu brandy and Coke. We toasted the sun setting quite a bit with that mix.
Hi Leandro, I'm just now putting together a home bar and am wondering about glassware. When I go to shop for different glasses there are many different sizes for each type of glass (many of which I feel are probably too big for the drinks meant to go in them). Do you have a resource with the general sizes of the glassware you use?
I've had dawa warm- the regular ginger, honey, lemon nonalcoholic affair. Also had it in cocktails with gin. Just enjoy it however you'd like. Also, which Kenyan got you to carry Chrome?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😭😭
Looks really good and refreshingly simple^^. Think I might try making a version of this with Irish Whiskey instead of Vodka. It should pair really well with the honey without overpowering the other flavours
Looking at the video the Kenyan appears to be using much chunkier ice and combined with the African heat I'd imagine the honey would release much quicker than indoors with pebble ice. In fact I think the more citrus forward cold start would be very refreshing, followed by a sweeter savoury finish as you get to eating would be very nice. Now I'm kinda sad I didn't try this when I visited Carnivore, might have to try this if I have some apt honey in the cupboard.
I looked up the product you used and it’s actually a blend of honey from different regions of Kenya. Acacia Honey is light in color (unless it’s the raw unfiltered type) and has a mild flavor. I think the stuff you guys are using is a blend of different raw honey’s. 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
I made a riff of this adding soda(with less ice though). It was nice... But I agree on the honey thing. It would have been nicer if it was a tad sweeter. I also used dirt cheap potato tasting vodka...
That would have the same issue as a syrup and juice caipirinha - it would simply be a wildly different drinking experience. No increasing sweetness, just a flatter, fairly sweet drink. Doable, but probably not a great idea.
Well you have to take into account that Honey is sweet. But they also have other flavors honey to honey, region to region and that’s what makes it such an interesting ingredient. So if we already know that honey is sweet, and we accept that, then what we can do is try and break down the flavors further and pick out different elements.
Hope in America people go for Potatoe Vodka - Try Grand Teton OverProof (Black Label) made from Idaho Spuds. Leave grains for what theyre good for!- Bourbons, & mash based drinks. I’ll never touch a corn based vodka, I mean, c’mon!#&@?! This is so vodka forward it better be quality vodka! If you know vodka, you’ll find best mouth feel from Polish, Swedish, a few Premium Russian Potato vodkas Like most EUsPirits the quality is on the label: standard/luxury/premium. (No artificial BS flavors please)
For anyone interested, this is the third version: www.kaluhiskitchen.com/dawa/ (non-alcoholic) My fiancée and i have been procrastinating on visiting an African market down the street from us. You just gave some added incentive to finally go! Will definitely attempt to make this weekend.
It has taken me Soo long to find educative videos on youtube. I'm a kenyan a beginner bar tender and making Dawa is just my favourite thing to do.. Im glad to finally see something here I can relate to personally.
Kenyan? That’s awesome. I love the idea of you doing a few more international cocktails from lesser known regions. I’ve had some amazing unique cocktails in my travels. 🌎🥃
what are some of the unique cocktails you can think of?
@@TheEducatedBarfly I’ve mostly only traveled throughout the Americas and you very well may have made these already but here are a few I distinctly remember enjoying:
Macua - Nicaragua
Ponche de Pina - Honduras
Canelazo - Colombia
Batida - Brazil
Chilcano- Peru
Seeing this two ways is great. It gives us some different perspectives on how the same drink can be interpreted.
There's apparently a third version; my fiancée traveled frequently to East Africa (including Kenya) for work prior to the pandemic) and the version she's had is essentially a toddy, but non-alcoholic.
@@renemenjivar1141 That sounds really good as well. Thank you. I will look it up.
Digging though my honey stash now... Hopefully this is a sign of more African cocktails to come. Looking forward to your Amarula concoctions!
I also got one where the glass had a piece of sugar cane as a muddler in the rocks glass.
Very cool drink and comparison between the glasses and the two different ways to make it. Glad you were able to have this drink come back from Kenya and make it to the channel. Cheers!
I need a Dawa man to walk through my neighborhood.
I'm a mixologist in Kenya and I have made the Dawa cocktail for six good years and not once have I ever used sugar or shaken it. It's basically muddling 4 to 5 lime wadges with 2 barspoons of honey add in the vodka and stire the drink then top up with crushed ice.. Not sugar.. Any one that's making it with sugar they are doing it all wrong, Owh and it comes in a rock glass not the highball.
Yes, the original was made in a Rocks glass. But it does contain sugar, even the original Carnivore restaurant lists sugar as ingredient.
But everyone is allowed to do variations. If you haven't tried shaking it, give it a try, it's really good.
tamarind.co.ke/restaurant.php?carnivore
I prefer shaking or muddling with honey because the sugar will never completely dissolve but I sure will give it a try..
@@TheEducatedBarfly American living here in Kenya for 4 years and I have to say I was surprised by the addition of sugar as well. I have seen sugar used instead of heny at places where honey wasn't affordable but generally it's one of the other and almost always honey. Not surprised the original uses both, just goes to show how people make recipes their own. I'm going to give it a try with your honey syrup recipe and no sugar. Love the idea of the Dawa tray as well. That would be fun with visitors.
I fricken love this TH-cam channel- thanks for providing so much cocktail inspiration throughout the years
I'm Kenyan and I love this cocktail
it's great
Very cool, great to see some lesser-known (for me) international cocktails.
Love it! My girlfriend's sister loves a caipirinha, lets see if she likes this!
Man, I LOVED this video. As a fairly long time fan, I have to say the vibe here is the best I’ve seen. 👍🏻👏🏻
I love those traditional and/or more obscure drinks. Thank you guys for doing what you do. Cheers!
There seems to be a lot of drinkmaking/bartending channels now; however, this is one of my go-to ones! I love the stories and eduction you bring to the channel! Much love brotha!
I had a few of those in Kenya years ago, and forgot what they were called. Thanks!
I love the two ways types of videos. Great length, good content.
With four ingredients, all of them pretty basics ones at that, this is pretty much a classic cocktail except that a lot of people haven't heard of it before.
Very cool. I think I like the first prep better so you keep getting gradual tastes of the honey.
Love learning about cocktails from different countries/cultures! Cheers!
Dawa is made with lemons. In Kenya plenty of lemon varieties are green, so it's an honest mistake. Also the Dawa tea is ancient and people have been pouring booze in it for ages so it is definitely not invented at Carnivore.
Lucky to have found this. The Cocktail is originally served in a Rocks Glass.
Simple and perfect for a summer day- love it. :)
Proudly 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
Coincidence is a crazy thing, a bartender friend from Galway, Ireland did a kitesurfing season in Kenya and brought this recipe home with him and made one for us a few weeks ago! African cocktails trending up?
I dunno if they’re trending up but we’re digging this one for sure!
Your aside about making a caipirinha with vodka reminded me of the first time I tried making one with mezcal (Del Maguey Vida, to be precise). The sugar and lime played amazingly well with the smokey mezcal, to the point that I enjoy it more than the traditional cachaca version.
Also, when I was in Limpopo province in South Africa, the locals had a very simple cocktail that was essentially equal parts Richelieu brandy and Coke. We toasted the sun setting quite a bit with that mix.
Haven’t watched in awhile, what is this new set 😳 looks awesome
Excited to try this one out tomorrow! Gonna go for the shaken version & use Honey Syrup, probably!
Hi Leandro,
I'm just now putting together a home bar and am wondering about glassware. When I go to shop for different glasses there are many different sizes for each type of glass (many of which I feel are probably too big for the drinks meant to go in them). Do you have a resource with the general sizes of the glassware you use?
am happy as a Kenyan mixology 🎉😊
That looks like a great drink. A mix between a caprivodka with a Bee's Knees. Might just make it for this weekend..cheers
Great way to remember the recipe!
I've had dawa warm- the regular ginger, honey, lemon nonalcoholic affair. Also had it in cocktails with gin. Just enjoy it however you'd like. Also, which Kenyan got you to carry Chrome?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😭😭
Marius here, chrome was just one of the Kenyan vodkas I found :)
Looks really good and refreshingly simple^^. Think I might try making a version of this with Irish Whiskey instead of Vodka. It should pair really well with the honey without overpowering the other flavours
Looking at the video the Kenyan appears to be using much chunkier ice and combined with the African heat I'd imagine the honey would release much quicker than indoors with pebble ice. In fact I think the more citrus forward cold start would be very refreshing, followed by a sweeter savoury finish as you get to eating would be very nice. Now I'm kinda sad I didn't try this when I visited Carnivore, might have to try this if I have some apt honey in the cupboard.
I wonder if buckwheat honey would be a nice, relatively easy to find honey for this
Looks awesome, but didn't you guys only use half a lime for each drink in the video?
Wow
over a year in Nairobi, its always in a rocks glass!! also carnivore is great.
I looked up the product you used and it’s actually a blend of honey from different regions of Kenya. Acacia Honey is light in color (unless it’s the raw unfiltered type) and has a mild flavor. I think the stuff you guys are using is a blend of different raw honey’s. 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
That honey is also not the best quality here in Kenya. The dark colour could be molasses adulteration.
This sounds really good. Will try both ways.
I may try to make this one.. Seems easy and looks tasty
Hang on.....Dawa Medicine Man tray, love this.
nothing very special about this one but its cool to learn about different cultures versions of cocktails. Definitely rustic preparations
I love the dawa cocktails and many other, there is school for training learning to
CHROME VODKA…. representing 😂😂 🇰🇪
I made a riff of this adding soda(with less ice though). It was nice...
But I agree on the honey thing. It would have been nicer if it was a tad sweeter.
I also used dirt cheap potato tasting vodka...
Tried this, and it is quite good! :)
Had to do it in another order as I didn't have any running honey :3
Could you get the same results by using a bit of honey syrup? That way the honey incorporates more.
Hey man can you make an video with garnish (tel us some tips) for example like SKELETON LEAVES
How much honey syrup would you use or do you recommend using regular old honey?
Just a big dollop something like .75oz (22.5ml) and you can absolutely use regular honey buuut it really shines with a more savory less sweet honey
Who is the one behind camera?
Will you make this drink using honey syrup
I'll be trying it that way. Easier to mix for sure!
l like it
What about making a honey and Demerara combo syrup?
That would have the same issue as a syrup and juice caipirinha - it would simply be a wildly different drinking experience. No increasing sweetness, just a flatter, fairly sweet drink. Doable, but probably not a great idea.
I don't really like honey, is there an other option?
I wonder if British style cane syrup(treacle) would work, it's rich, somewhat savoury and about the same colour as that honey
🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪YES!!JAVA DAWA👌👌
Never heard of this, is it really that popular in Kenya?
Almost a Caipirinha
Dawa, from the arabic دواء
Man this makes me wanna travel again
maybe ad the honey before the muddle!?
Would definitely mix better that way.
Im waiting For the Jack sparrow Cocktail ;)
Very different 👍🏽
Can honey really be savoury? Been struggling with translating “savoury” for some time - there’s no Swedish word for it...
Well you have to take into account that Honey is sweet. But they also have other flavors honey to honey, region to region and that’s what makes it such an interesting ingredient. So if we already know that honey is sweet, and we accept that, then what we can do is try and break down the flavors further and pick out different elements.
Ummmm... Put the honey in BEFORE THE ice???
This is probably the only reason why I would ever visit Kenya
Hope in America people go for Potatoe Vodka - Try Grand Teton OverProof (Black Label) made from Idaho Spuds. Leave grains for what theyre good for!- Bourbons, & mash based drinks. I’ll never touch a corn based vodka, I mean, c’mon!#&@?! This is so vodka forward it better be quality vodka! If you know vodka, you’ll find best mouth feel from Polish, Swedish, a few Premium Russian Potato vodkas Like most EUsPirits the quality is on the label: standard/luxury/premium. (No artificial BS flavors please)
I got some acacia honey for this particular drink. Will try tonight! Thanks, guess!
use less ice, stirr the honey instead of just jamming it up and down.
So early that we don't know what to write tho
We don’t drink like y’all. We take our time and mix it as we drink then you finish the rest that’s why it’s on a stick
I highly recommend trying it with ginger and turmeric, like the traditional non-alcoholic version:
th-cam.com/video/yigt1MyaS4M/w-d-xo.html
Adult Lime-ade :)
For anyone interested, this is the third version: www.kaluhiskitchen.com/dawa/ (non-alcoholic)
My fiancée and i have been procrastinating on visiting an African market down the street from us. You just gave some added incentive to finally go! Will definitely attempt to make this weekend.
So basically a caipiroska with additional honey? quite boring imo
you should try it! But get some savory acacia honey
I cringe every time he says a word and adds poo at the end of it. Like im going to unsubscribe cringe.
Don’t unsubscribe-poo
That would be “don’t Unsubscribey Poo” in Barflyenese 😂 😂 😂
@@TheEducatedBarfly haha! Thanks man! Thinking of making a White Russian tonight
Do it! I made one last night!!!!