Death In The Afternoon

An absinthe & champagne cocktail with rose & lavender sugar cubes

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/death-in-the-afternoon • Posted by Cat Morley

We sweeten up Ernest Hemingway's classic cocktail of absinthe and champagne with homemade rose & lavender sugar cubes.

You will need

1 ½ oz La Fée Absinthe Parisienne Champagne Absinthe Spoon
For the sugar cubes:
Sugar Lavender Rose Water Water Ice Cube Tray

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We sweeten up Ernest Hemingway's classic cocktail of absinthe and champagne with homemade rose & lavender sugar cubes.

Instructions

1. 

   Start by making the sugar cubes. Crush down a pinch of dried lavender with a mortar and pestle into a fine powder.

2. 

   Add the sugar cubes, or sugar, and crush into the lavender.

3. 

   Mix in a few drops of rose water and a couple of spoonfuls of water until the sugar begins to combine.

4. 

   Press the sugar in to a tray for ice cubes and leave to dry overnight.

5. 

   When completely dry, press the sugar cubes out, ready to use in your cocktail.

6. 

   Pour the absinthe into a glass and place an absinthe spoon over the glass with a sugar cube on top.

7. 

   Pour a bottle of chilled champagne over the sugar cube into the glass.

8. 

   Tip the remaining sugar into the glass and stir into the cocktail before serving.