Palomas are one of life’s simple pleasures. Tequila and grapefruit soda were meant to be combined in the same glass and sipped on while sitting the sun on a warm day or savored over a long dinner. Simply put: they…
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Coffee Bean Bamboo- infuse coffee easily into cocktails
Mixed with coffee beans right in the glass rather than a long infusion with them, or by using a coffee liqueur, the familiar flavor that whispers through out this Coffee Bean Bamboo will be right on the tip of the…
Piña Verde Ramos Fizz
I am feeling all the tropical cocktails this week nice it has been in the 80’s in Oakland! Can’t get enough of those pineapple and crushed ice drinkies. This beauty right here contains no crushed ice, but is essentially a…
Guava Coconut Daiquiri
DAIQUIRI The Daiquiri is the perfect cocktail. A careful balance of ingredients and technique that produce a sweet, tart, and bright cocktail that is happily gulped in a few sips, leaving you wanting more. If it’s doing it’s job, it…
Apple Cider Doughnut Old Fashioned
DOUGNUTS Cakey, crumbly, cinnamony Apple Cider Doughnuts are a thing of beauty. Some of my fondest memories when I was little was visiting the local farms in south Jersey in the fall. Wandering through pumpkin patches picking the right plump…
Chocolate Fig Old Fashioned
Cozy sweaters, baking spices, and figs are my favorite things about fall! I recently discovered that chocolate-dipped figs are simply heaven and have been eating them nonstop. The Chocolate Fig Old Fashioned is this little indulgence in cocktail form…
Caramelized Banana Coconut Bamboo Cocktail
BAMBOO COCKTAIL Hidden for decades in the pages of turn of the century cocktail books, the Bamboo cocktail lay forgotten like so many quintessential drinks of it’s day. Lacking a heartier spirit, the split-base sherry and vermouth drink was most…
Coffee Old Fashioned
Can not decide between a coffee buzz or a boozy buzz on a late night out or in burning the midnight oil? This coffee cocktails is for you! I mixed up this Coffee Old Fashioned with a coffee liqueur which…
Bunny Lebowski- Carrot White Russian
Meet the Bunny Lebowski! I have had this cocktail in my head for the past couple years. I have tried a few coffee liqueurs, carrot infusions, and combinations, but never could get it right. I recently tried blending the carrots in…
PROSECCO PEACH RAMOS FIZZ
I love a good Ramos Gin Fizz! this New Orleans Classic is a delicious almost dessert like drink. I love mixing up this classic (whether a Carrot Cake variation or mixing in flavors of ginger bread) I decided to add…