Pousse Café
A showpiece of liqueurs layered by density into bands of colour.
ClassicSweetRichLayered
Ingredients
- Grenadine0.5 oz (15 ml)
- Crème de Cacao0.5 oz (15 ml)
- Crème de Menthe0.5 oz (15 ml)
- Brandy0.5 oz (15 ml)
How to make it
- Pour each ingredient slowly over the back of a bar spoon in the order listed so they layer without mixing.
Glass: Flute
History
A 19th-century after-dinner curiosity, the Pousse Café ('coffee pusher') is built by carefully floating spirits and liqueurs in order of density so each forms its own coloured stratum, sipped from the bottom up.
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