Midnight Kiss Shot
Champagne and elderflower in a festive single pour — the midnight toast tradition rooted in the méthode champenoise Champagne developed in the 17th century.
- 1Pour elderflower liqueur into shot glass
- 2Top with champagne
- 3Serve immediately while effervescent
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The Midnight Kiss Shot is designed for the most champagne-intensive moment of the Western calendar: the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, when the tradition of kissing to welcome the new year is paired with glasses raised in toast. Champagne and sparkling wine have been associated with celebration since the 17th century, when the Champagne region of France helped develop the methode champenoise that produces the wine's signature bubbles. The New Year's countdown tradition — spread globally through 20th-century mass media and the advent of live televised broadcasts — made sparkling wine the universal celebratory drink. The Midnight Kiss Shot compresses this tradition into a single festive serving: sparkling wine or champagne with a complementary sweet liqueur, designed to be raised precisely at midnight before being consumed in a single celebratory pour.
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