Grammy Night Indulgence

Of course, Ernest Hemingway created one of the most famous cocktails to include absinthe.  He named his cocktail “Death in the Afternoon”.  He says to make your cocktail:  “Pour one jigger absinthe into a champagne glass.  Add iced champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness.  Drink three to five of these slowly.”  That’s certainly one way to spend an afternoon.  But, since it was already well into the evening, we used a bit more restraint.

Absinthe

1 ounce Absinthe
3-5 ounces water
1 sugar cube or crystalized sugar stick
lemon wedge, to wet rim
super fine sugar, to garnish rim

I’ve added a lemon wedge to dampen the rim. Then, I dip the wet rim into the super fine sugar for an attractive garnish.

In the French method, the water would be drizzled ever-so-slowly & evenly over the sugar cube to your desired proportions.

(In the Bohemian method, fire is involved.  This method is commonly called “Cooking the Absinthe” or the “Flaming Green Fairy”.)