"cointreau" news and stories

It's not quite the weekend, but that has never stopped us from having happy hour before, has it? I came across this recipe for a Lemon Float at Vodkapundit's website, and it inspired me enough to whip out the cocktail shaker a day early. He combines premium citron vodka, Cointreau, simple syrup, juice of a lemon, and a drop of vanilla extract in a shaker over ice. The chilled mixture is then poured very slowly into a sugar-rimmed glass over a 1/2 oz of Chambord, so it floats on top.

Steve's words of advice when serving this cocktail? Drink quickly. Repeat until naked.

(Thanks, Steve!)

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Cointreau Liqueur is 40%abv / 80 proof and comes in a square glass bottle. This perfectly clear spirit is of the Triple Sec style of orange liqueurs. It has a very light and clean body with an aroma that is very simple to describe. Just clean and sharp oranges with alcohol. The flavor is not very sweet for a liqueur, just the very refined, mild, and clean taste of sweet and bitter orange zest, nothing more. The perfect triple sec for when all you want is the essence of oranges. The taste has a very long and surprising finish that stays on your tongue for ages, and actually seems to get sweeter and more complex over several minutes.

Cointreau Liqueur is one of those liqueurs that's drunk as an aperitif, a digestif, and for making fine cocktails. It is actually to strong to sip straight and is better on the rocks or with soda or a mixer. It goes very well with almost any juice, especially fresh squeezed and when paired with fresh citrus juice it really amps up the flavors tremendously.

Hey, it's Friday, it's around 5PM, so why not have a 5PM? And no, that's not an excuse to get drunk at your desk at work - wait til you get home.

I'm always looking for new drinks that involve Cointreau. Whenever I have the stuff, I always drink it straight, out of a little glass. Yeah, yeah, I know, that's a lot of sweet stuff. But it just tastes sooooo good on cold winter nights.

Saveur magazine just released its "100 list" for 2006. 100 what? Since any explicit label would be too restricting, the annual list is simply described as Saveur's "favorite restaurants, food, drink, people, places and things", which certainly covers a lot of ground.

Making the eighth list this year are restaurants from India to Mexico City, as well as a variety of restaurants and chefs from Las Vegas, including Daniel Bouloud, Bouchon, Alex and Joel Robuchon. Favorite foods included Costco birthday cakes, Crispy Buffalo Wontons from Ruby Tuesdays (a US chain) and Rich Man's Purses at Gundel Restaurant, Budapest, in addition to duck eggs, spicy Thai kettle chips and Japanese freshwater crabs, while favorite drinks included California dessert wines, Hendrick's Gin from Scotland and cointreau.

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