Aquarius Cocktail
Cupid’s Zodiac Cocktail Special: The Aquarius!
Those born under the sign of Aquarius (21st of January - 18th of February) are the most independent of the zodiac! Artistic, wacky and easygoing, Aquarians are also very progressive and real humanitarians! Truly independent souls, they want to be taken as they are in all of their strength and eccentricity or not at all!
Love them or hate them, they evoke a strong response so we matched them up with an absinthe cocktail; strong, colourful and a little bit weird, we think it’s perfect for Aquarius!
Ingredients:
30ml Absinthe such as Green Fairy, which we’ve used here
15ml simple syrup (1:1 parts sugar and water)
Crushed ice and mint leaves to serve
Method:
In a Boston shaker filled with ice, shake the Absinthe and sugar syrup to combine.
Fill a Vintage style Absinthe glass with crushed ice (we wrapped a glass full of ice cubes in a clean teatowel then crushed them using a wooden muddling stick).
Strain the Absinthe mix over the crushed ice. Serve with mint leaves to garnish.
Did you know? You can tell an Absinthe glass by the measure line around the bottom of the glass which indicates the pour level of Absinthe - then usually you would top it up with iced water. This style of glass, in our opinion, is how you should serve Absinthe. It is never meant to be served in a shot glass. It can also be added to cocktails in small amounts, or used to “rinse” the glass for a cocktail such as when making a Sazerac.