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Grasshopper

A minty green dessert cocktail with a milkshake-like texture

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⚠️ Contains: 🥛 Dairy — Contains dairy

📋 Shake🥃 Coupe🧊 no ice🍋 none👅 sweet and minty

📊 Servings:1

Ingredients

1 ozgreen creme de menthe
1 ozwhite creme de cacao
1 ozheavy cream

🔧 Tools

jiggershakerstrainer

Instructions

Add creme de menthe and creme de cacao and heavy cream to a shaker with ice
Serve immediately as a dessert drink
Shake vigorously until very cold
Strain into a chilled coupe glass

📜 History

Invented at Tujagues bar in New Orleans this sweet after-dinner drink became widely popular in the 1950s through 1970s. Its bright green color matched the era's love of colorful cocktails.

#1970s#after-dinner#creamy#dessert

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~15% ABV

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