Ingredients

  • 1 piecesugar cube
  • 2 dashangostura bitters
  • 4 ozchampagne(chilled)
  • ½ ozcognac(optional)
  • 🍋orange zest, maraschino cherry(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. Place a sugar cube in a chilled champagne flute.
  2. Saturate the cube with 2 dashes of Angostura bitters.
  3. Add the cognac.
  4. Gently pour chilled champagne over the sugar cube.
  5. Garnish with an orange zest twist and optional maraschino cherry.

📜 History

The Champagne Cocktail is one of the oldest known cocktails dating to the 1860s. It appears in Jerry Thomas's 1862 bartending guide and epitomizes golden age elegance.

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