Pousse-café

A pousse-café is a style of layered drink prepared by gently adding each ingredient from densest to least dense in order to create colored stripes when the drink is viewed from the side.

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Some bartender guides list a drink containing,

from bottom to top, grenadine, yellow chartreuse and

green chartreuse as the original pousse-café. The drink

is made primarily as a delight for the eye rather than for

its taste. It is sipped, sometimes through a silver straw,

one liqueur at a time. The drink must be created and

handled carefully, as the layers created will mix together

into a brown sludge if handled roughly.

The name literally means "it pushes the coffee" in French.

Colloquially, the term is equivalent to a "chaser" for coffee.

A digestif, an alcoholic cordial sometimes consumed

after a meal to aid digestion, is called a "pousse-café" or

coffee-chaser. In France, there is no tradition for the type

of elaborate recipe that follows.

A more elaborate recipe is:

• 1/2 ounce Grenadine

• 1/2 ounce Yellow Chartreuse

• 1/2 ounce Crème de Cassis

• 1/2 ounce White Crème de cacao

• 1/2 ounce Green Chartreuse

• 1/2 ounce Brandy

References

• DrinkStreet Pousse Cafe recipe

• Bad Idea Theater - Pousse-café

• Art of the Drink - Sunset Pousse-café video

Tyler, S. and Herbst, R. The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide. New York: Broadway Books, 1998.

Eric Felten (September 16, 2006). "Neither Shaken Nor Stirred". Wall Street Journal. p. 9.

The B-52 is another layered cocktail

The B-52 (also B52 or Bifi) is a layered cocktail shooter

composed of a coffee liqueur (Kahlúa), an Irish Cream

(Baileys Irish Cream), and an orange cognac (Grand Marnier).

When prepared properly, the ingredients separate into three

distinctly visible layers. The layering is due to the relative

densities of the ingredients.

B-52 Recipe

• 1/2 oz. Kahlua

• 1/2 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream

• 1/2 oz. Grand Marnier

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