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Death In the Afternoon

Hemingway's choice

Death In the Afternoon
What you will need
Glass-saucer or Flute
Came from
Great Britain
kCal
114
Ingredients

  • 40 ml Absinthe

  • Champagne or Prosecco

How to make it

Pour absinthe (40 ml) into a champagne glass. Add ice-cold champagne until it reaches the desired opalescent milkiness.

Interesting fact
Death in the Afternoon is a cocktail of absinthe and champagne invented by writer Ernest Hemingway. The name comes from his book Death in the Afternoon, first published in a cocktail book in 1935.
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