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Dirty Hippie
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MOREA short stir refers to stirring for a brief duration, ideal for maintaining a spirit-forward profile. A long stir involves more extended stirring, introducing more dilution and a silkier texture.
Dirty Hippie
Low ABV ( less than 15% ),Light and refreshing.
*Note that dilution and other factors like type and temperature of ice are not considered in this upfront calculation.
Vodka pairs well with seafood dishes like shrimp cocktail. Blue Curacao complements tropical fruit salads.
Fruity, sweet, citrusy
- Vodka 4.5 cl
- Blue Curacao 2.25 cl
- Lime Juice - splash
- Orange Juice 6 cl
Hurricane Glass
Dirty Hippie is a popular Vodka cocktail containing a combinations of Vodka,Blue Curacao,Lime Juice,Orange Juice .Served using Any Glass of your Choice, preferably Hurricane Glass.Dirty Hippie Ingredients
Vodka,Blue Curacao,Of Lime Juice,Orange Juice,
Dirty Hippie Recipe
Fill Glass with Ice Build w/ the above ingredients Do not stir drink and the drink looks like a tie dye t-shirt.
First of all, let\'s clear the air.
There are two entirely different Dirty Hippies
A. Dirty Hippie the Dirty Chai Latte made with Soy Milk in place of Regular Milk
B. Dirty Hippie the Vodka Cocktail
What\'s the Chai Latte and the Dirty Hippie? A Couple Cooks says
A chai latte takes traditional masala chai, a milky spiced tea from India, and combines it with frothy steamed milk of a cafe latte. The ?dirty? version of it adds a shot of espresso. The story goes that the ditry chai latte was accidentally invented in England in the 1990?s, when a barista making a chai latte for an American added a shot of espresso by mistake. He loved it, and kept ordering it everywhere he traveled.
The Dirty Hippie Cocktail is what we are concerned about here and it has a strong hippie connect to it. The Blue colour of Blue Curacao blended with Orange gives the feel of the legendary VW Bus\'s Blue, and gives the feeling of sipping this cocktail at the back of your VW Road Tripper.
But what is most prominent is, pouring the orange juice over vodka and blue curacao unstirred or even shaken. and then adding the dash of lime on top makes the blue curacao and orange juice appear scattered as if it\'s a tie and dye print.
A good YouTube video on this recipe can be found here
Vodka
Vodka is an European clear distilled alcoholic drink that has been one of the most popular drinks across the world .
You\'ll find it to be the most popular spirit in drink making because of it\'s neutral taste and absence of flavour and colour.
Vodka often replaces Gin in many traditional cocktails
Vodka is known to be good for the heart, and if consumed in moderation, can prove to be good for cardiovascular health
Note that these days there are flavoured Vodka available in the market too, and some cocktails do make use of them.Blue Curacao
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.Lime Juice
Lime Juice being rich in Vitamin C is an excellent remedy for sore throat and aids in digestion and controls blood sugar, and also promoted weight loss. It is used for various culinary and non-culinary purposes all over the world. Lime juice is known to reduce or even reverse the effects of excessive alcohol consumption and intoxication.
The difference between Lime Juice and Lemon Juice is that although the sweet and sour Lemon and the bitter and sour Lime are two different fruits, they have similar properties and tastes similar too, the Lime, unlike the sweet and large Lemon, is used raw and is usually plucked green and has more bitterness and sourness in it's taste, and is grown better in tropical and sub-tropical climates.
In drink mixing, fresh lemon juice brings a tangy zing to so many classic drinks and in fact, it's the most used ingredient in drink mixing other than the liquors of course.Orange Juice
Orange Juice is an excellent source of Vitamin C, one cup contains twice the daily recommended value. Vitamin C supports the immune system and helps fighting the common cold. The folate in Orange juice supports healthy fetal development. It is low calory and thus is already a qualified alternative to cola fizz in your cocktail if you want to keep your drinks acceptably healthy.
Orange Juice being citrus and naturally sweet and sour, it literally goes with almost any liquor, and of course Vodka being neutral, the best known pairing is with Vodka. But goes well with Dark Rum too, and you get the Planter's Punch, mix it with Champagne and you have made a mimosa, or with tequila to make a tequila sunrise.
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