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Why do we clink glasses and toast before drinking?
MOREBanging of wooden mugs or metal bowls of liquor is a medieval custom of spilling each others drink into the others mug, to make sure that no one tried to spike the other's drink with poison, sailors did it, guests in a tavern would do it too.
The host of a meal would drink from the bottle for the guests first and then all would clink glasses to ensure the host didn't spike their drink. The level of trust was absolutely measly back in the days, but with time the custom became a cheerful custom of showing trust, honesty and a toast to good health.
Mind Game
- Ricard Pastis 0.75 cl
- Blue Curacao Liqueur 0.75 cl
- Milk 1.5 cl
Shot glass
Mind Game Ingredients
Ricard Pastis,Blue Curacao Liqueur,Milk,
Mind Game Recipe
Shake the ricard, blue curacao and milk (2% fat) with ice in a shot glass.
Ricard Pastis
Pastis is an anise flavoured spirit, an aperitif that originated in France and popularised by Paul Ricard in 1932. Pastis was introduced 17 years after the ban on Absinthe, on allegations of it being a psychoactive drug and a hallucinogen, and people were still wary of high proof anise drinks, but the cult of Absinthe and the Mediterranean tradition of anise liquors like sambuca, ouzo, arak, raki and anis made Pastis what it is, immensely popular in France.
Note that, although Pastis is usually compared to its historical predecessor, Absinthe, but Pastis doesn't have one major ingredient of Absinthe, the Grand Wormwood ( Artemisia absinthium ), from which Absinthe derives it's name. Moreover, Pastis is derived from Star Anise , an Asian spice and has the additional flavour of Liquorice root, whereas Absinthe is traditionally distilled from Green Anise and Fennel, both being Mediterranean herbs.
Pastis is bottled at 40–45% ABV.Blue Curacao Liqueur
Curaçao is a liqueur flavored with the dried peel of the bitter orange laraha. It's been a popular liqueur for more than 150 years, the Dutch East India Company created this orange liqueurs by steeping orange peels in alcohol from the island of Curaçao and called it Curaçao liquor, unlike Triple Sec, Curacao has added spices and herbs to the orange and Curaçao comes in a variety of colours such as clear, orange or blue.
Blue Curaçao being the most used of them, in cocktails. Although Curacao is an orange tinted liquor, Blue Curacao is a regular Curacao dyed bright blue to give it a striking appearance, and thus is a very popular cocktail mixer, whenever a striking colour is desired.
Blue Curacao is usually around 25% ABV.
Blue Curacao is essentially Orange Liqueur tinted Blue, the colour doesn't influence the taste and thus Orange Curacao is interchangeable with Blue Curacao in recipes, if the colour is not important in the appearance.
NOTE: Blue Curacao being an Orange Flavoured Blue Liqueur, it's primary purpose in a cocktail is introducing the Orange flavour and the striking sky blue to the drink, so, if a bottle of Blue Curacao liqueur is something you are not planning to buy right now, you can manage with the Blue Curacao Syrup.
It would add the same flavour and colour profile to the cocktail, all we need to do is simply count for the alcohol absent in the syrup and account for it.Milk
Milk can do wonders to your regular cocktail. For a rich creamy cocktail, milk does wonder .You may argue that milk as it is made of fat, and being low in acid, will easily curdle if its mixed with alcohol.
Best way to get a rich and creamy cocktail is to use bourbon, milk will soften its whiskey flavour. If you are looking for some spicier yet creamy cocktail go for Scotch with milk cocktails, they'll surely set you holiday mood.
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