Absinthe Frappé Recipe
Absinthe shaken with a little sugar, poured over crushed ice and lengthened with soda — cold, cloudy and strongly anise.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 12%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Absinthe45 ml (1.5 oz)
- Simple syrup15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Soda water60 ml (2 oz)
How to Make It
- Add the absinthe and simple syrup to a shaker with ice.
- Shake hard until the shaker frosts over.
- Strain into a highball glass packed with crushed ice.
- Top with the soda water and garnish with fresh mint.
Garnish
Fresh mint
The Story
Created in 1874 by Cayetano Ferrer at the New Orleans bar that became the Old Absinthe House; it was the city's favourite morning reviver until the United States banned absinthe in 1912.
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