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Mimosa

August 26, 2020
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Low alcohol cocktail mimosa with orange

Mimosa is another very famous and well-liked cocktail based on sparkling wine. The name  he owes  yell ago  colorful,  Similarly  how  flowers  mimosa. 

It was most likely built in 1925 at the Ritz Paris Frank Meier hotel in Paris. An interesting fact is that a little  previously, a similar cocktail was served at London's Buck's Club, but there it was called Buck's Fizz. The best Mimosa is from freshly squeezed orange juice.  original  required  the juice of half the fruit. 

In Italy, Mimosa is treated as an aperitif, while in other countries it is most often served at brunch or at weddings. It is a light cocktail and perfect for hot summer.  

Remember to always serve food when serving alcoholic cocktails. Perfect for this  tapas.   Not only is food a great companion for alcohol, it also plays a role  primary  role in  its absorption. 

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Mimosa

 

INGREDIENTS:

  • 80-150 ml of sparkling wine;

  • 60 ml  fresh  orange juice.   

optional:

  • 7ml of liqueur  Cointreau

PREPARATION  COCKTAIL:

  1. Pour in the juice from  oranges into a glass.  

  2. Add sparkling wine slowly .

  3. You can decorate the glass  with a plaster  oranges.

Remember to keep sparkling wine and orange juice chilled. 

A little cheat sheet on the labels on bottles of sparkling wines:

  1. brut nature  (very dry)

  2. extra brut 

  3. brut  -  This is a typical item intended for an aperitif or to be combined with  food. Usually it is slightly dry, which suits people of Fr.  different taste preferences. 

  4. extra dry,  extra sec, extra seco

  5. dry,  sec, seco - this is the semi-sweet version. IN  in the case of still wine, it means dry, but on a bottle of champagne it will indicate wine with  clear sweetness.

  6. demi sec, semi seco 

  7. doux, sweet, dulce  (sweet wine)

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