Time: 5 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 1

What's the secret to this elegant cocktail from Geoffrey Zakarian? He rubs a strip of lemon zest along the rim of the glass. This technique enhances the citrus flavor of this champagne-based drink with orange liqueur and Angostura. He also drops the strip of zest into the glass, by the way.

Ingredients:

• 1 cube of sugar
• 4 drops Angostura bitters
• 1 wide strip of lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon orange liqueur, such as Grand Marnier
• 180 ml chilled champagne

Substituting ingredients
Measuring containers used

1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

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Preparation:

Step 1
• Place a sugar cube in a chilled coupe glass. Pour bitters over the cube.
Step 2
• Rub the rim of the glass with lemon zest and drop the zest into the glass. Pour orange liqueur into the glass, then top it off with champagne. Serve immediately.

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