11/04/2026
Tasting Wednesday, week 8 🍸 Pece
Pece, Italian for pitch, began with an obsession: Carlo wanted to translate Petroleum by Histoires de Parfums into a cocktail. A fragrance built around the paradox of black gold: born deep within the earth, dark and mineral, yet strangely precious, seductive, almost animalic. He set out to capture that tension rather than recreate a literal smell.
Yola mezcal is the foundation, bringing smoke, charred earth and resinous darkness. Batavia Arrack adds a funky, almost volatile aromatic lift. Cynar deepens the structure with vegetal bitterness, while Barbadillo Palo Cortado en Rama brings oxidative richness, dried wood and a suggestion of worn leather. Vicario Artichoke Liqueur pushes further into earthy, bitter territory, and Bergamotto Fantastico gives a flash of citrus, echoing the bergamot that opens the original perfume.
A faint memory of patchouli lingers throughout, and a fine spray of Lapsang Souchong finishes it with another veil of smoke, for a wild, fermented edge.
Green leaf, smoke, resin and something almost animal keep changing places as you sip. It isn’t meant to taste like petroleum, only to translate its mythology into liquid. For anyone who has ever loved a perfume with a little dirt in it.
Black gold, distilled into darkness. Today only, $13 🍸
📍185 Howard Ave, Bed-Stuy.
