If you really want to confound and exasperate your bartender to the point where they take a swing at you over the bar, then order this wacky drink.
The Commonwealth cocktail is the world’s most complicated cocktail. It features 71 ingredients!
A Scottish bartender named Mal Spence created a cocktail to honor the 20th Commonwealth games taking place right now in Glasgow that has 71 ingredients in it—one for every nation competing.
The Commonwealth is available at Spence’s Kelvingrove Café in Glasgow, Scotland.
Full List of Ingredients
African Ingredients
Botswana: devil’s claw (genus clerodendrum)
Cameroon: bitterleaf (Piper umbellatum)
Ghana: taro (Psidium guajava)
Kenya: chives
Lesotho: rosehip
Malawi: cacao (Pycreus Cyperaceae)
Mauritius: wild raspberry (Rubus rosifolius)
Mozambique: cassava
Namibia: prickly pear
Nigeria: utazi leaves
Rwanda: papaya
Seychelles: citronella
Sierra Leone: cashew nut (piassava)
South Africa: rooibos
Swaziland: sycamore fig
Tanzania: cloves
Uganda: nakati eggplant
Zambia: sorrel
North and South American Ingredients
Belize: dragon fruit
Bermuda: arabica coffee beans
Canada: loganberry
Falkland Islands: bitter cress
Guyana: sugarcane
St. Helena: St. Helena tea plant
Asian Ingredients
Bangladesh: jujube
Brunei Darussalam: durian fruit
India: mangosteen
Malaysia: galangal
Maldives: pomegranate
Pakistan: saffron
Singapore: rambutan
Sri Lanka: ripe jackfruit
Caribbean Ingredients
Anguilla: mango
Antigua and Barbuda: tamarind
Bahamas: egg fruit
Barbados: sour cherry
British Virgin Islands: noni
Cayman Islands: sage (salvia caymanensis)
Dominica: guava leaf
Grenada: lemongrass
Jamaica: okra
Montserrat: devil’s horsewhip
St. Kitts and Nevis: tamon
St. Lucia: sweet basil
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: arrowroot
Trinidad and Tobago: tonka bean
Turks & Caicos Islands: sapodilla
European Ingredients
Cyprus: basil-thyme
England: red apple
Gibraltar: maqui berry
Guernsey: blueberries
Isle of Man: new potatoes
Jersey: lavender
Malta: star anise
Northern Ireland: bog rosemary
Scotland: wild Scottish strawberry
Wales: wild cotoneaster
