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Ingredients
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2 1/2 oz champagne
2 1/2 oz orange juice
Orange garnish
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Taste: 7
Look: 6
Cost: 8
Name: 7
Prep: 9
Name: 7
Prep: 9
Alcohol: 2
Overall: 6.7
Preparation: Pour in ingredients and mix. Add garnish.
Preparation: Pour in ingredients and mix. Add garnish.
General Comments: There's something lyrical about the name "Mimosa". Of course, in this case the lyrics in question were penned by the Fun Lovin' Criminals, but I suppose we can't blame the cocktail for that.
What we can blame it for is its thoroughly unacceptable dearth of alcohol. I'm not even sure this should count as a cocktail, frankly, but the International Bartenders Association disagrees, and they scare me. Basically, this is a Bucks Fizz with more oomph, which is a lot like gluing a snail to a toy car. Sure, the snail is faster - at least downhill - but does that necessarily mean anyone is going to find it preferable to a Ferrari?
Still, it's cheap, it's easy to make, the orange slice garnish is a bit of fun (and an important source of vitamin C), and every sip reminds me of weddings. That's enough for the drink to trouble the upper reaches of the sixes, I think.
General Comments: There's something lyrical about the name "Mimosa". Of course, in this case the lyrics in question were penned by the Fun Lovin' Criminals, but I suppose we can't blame the cocktail for that.
What we can blame it for is its thoroughly unacceptable dearth of alcohol. I'm not even sure this should count as a cocktail, frankly, but the International Bartenders Association disagrees, and they scare me. Basically, this is a Bucks Fizz with more oomph, which is a lot like gluing a snail to a toy car. Sure, the snail is faster - at least downhill - but does that necessarily mean anyone is going to find it preferable to a Ferrari?
Still, it's cheap, it's easy to make, the orange slice garnish is a bit of fun (and an important source of vitamin C), and every sip reminds me of weddings. That's enough for the drink to trouble the upper reaches of the sixes, I think.
2 comments:
I'm confused. In what way isn't it Bucks Fizz?
A mimosa is a fifty-fifty mix, rather than two parts orange juice to one part champagne, which is the ratio for Bucks Fizz.
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