Curaçao punch is a
cocktail
A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink. Most commonly, cocktails are either a combination of spirits, or one or more spirits mixed with other ingredients such as tonic water, fruit juice, flavored syrup, or cream. Cocktails vary widely across ...
that comes from Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender's Manual (1882).
Dale DeGroff, a notable bartender and author of ''The Craft of the Cocktail'' (Clarkson Potter, 2002), holds this to be his favorite forgotten potation.
Preparation
Preparation involves combining the sugar, lemon juice, and soda water, dissolving the sugar, pouring the drink into a glass with finely-shaved or crushed ice and then adding the remaining ingredients. The drink is then stirred and may be garnished with a variety of fruits.
*1/2 tablespoon (7 ml) sugar
(This indulged the major nineteenth-century sweet tooth-alter to taste.)
*2 or 3 dashes fresh lemon juice
(More of this can also compensate for the sweetness.)
*1 ounce (1/4 gill, 3 cl) soda water
*1 ounce (1/4 gill, 3 cl)
brandy
Brandy is a liquor produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35–60% alcohol by volume (70–120 US proof) and is typically consumed as an after-dinner digestif. Some brandies are aged in wooden casks. Others are coloured with ...
(Johnson calls for Martell cognac.)
*2 ounce (1/2 gill, 6 cl)
orange curaçao
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
* Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
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*1 ounce (1/4 gill, 3 cl) Jamaican
rum
(Dale suggests a full-bodied style of rum.)
See also
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List of cocktails
A cocktail is a mixed drink typically made with a distilled liquor (such as arrack, brandy, cachaça, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, or whiskey) as its base ingredient that is then mixed with other ingredients or garnishments. Sweetened liqueurs, w ...
References
Cocktails with brandy
Cocktails with rum
Cocktails with triple sec or curaçao
Cocktails with lemon juice
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