Champagne Cocktail
An elegant classic dating back to the 1860s. Simple yet sophisticated.
ClassicBubblySweetAromatic
Ingredients
- Champagne5 oz (150 ml)
- Sugar Cube1
- Angostura Bitters2 dashes
- Lemon Twist1
How to make it
- Place sugar cube in a flute.
- Soak with bitters.
- Fill with champagne.
- Garnish with a lemon twist.
Glass: Flute
May contain: Sulfites. Always check your own bottles.
History
One of the oldest named cocktails, the Champagne Cocktail — a bitters-soaked sugar cube topped with Champagne — was recorded by Jerry Thomas in his landmark 1862 guide How to Mix Drinks. The rising bubbles released by the sugar make it as much spectacle as drink.
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