RESEARCH COCKTAILS THE RIGHT WAY | REVISITING THE FRENCH 75 COCKTAIL HISTORY

gin

🥗Healthier: vodka

💰Cheaper: well gin

Vodka provides a neutral flavor while being less expensive.

champagne

🥗Healthier: sparkling wine

💰Cheaper: prosecco

Sparkling wine offers similar bubbles at a lower price.

simple syrup

🥗Healthier: agave syrup

💰Cheaper: honey

Honey is a natural sweetener and often less expensive.

Research the history of the French 75 cocktail.

Discuss the concept of original recipes versus modern variations.

Mention the importance of understanding cocktail provenance.

Cite Harry Craddock's Savoy Cocktail Book as a reference for the French 75.

Explain that the original recipe included grenadine, absinthe, and gin, with no champagne.

Describe Robert Vermeer's recipe that includes lemon juice, grenadine, calvados, and gin, shaken and strained into a cocktail glass.

Introduce Judge Junior's recipe from 1927 that uses lemon juice, granulated sugar, and gin, and refers to it as the French 75.

Explain that the drink was served in a tall Collins glass with ice in Judge Junior's recipe.

Mention the Savoy Cocktail Book's recipe that includes gin, lemon juice, powdered sugar, and champagne served in a tall glass with cracked ice.

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