CLASSIC · ABSINTHE

Absinthe Frappé

Name: Absinthe Frappé
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Absinthe; 10 ml Simple Syrup; 30 ml Soda Water; Mint Sprig

Anise-scented absinthe swizzled over a mountain of crushed ice until the glass wears a coat of frost.

Ingredients

Absinthe45 ml

Simple Syrup10 ml

Soda Water30 ml

Mint Sprig

Glassware

Rocks glass

Chilled.

Rocks glassesAd

Method

1
Pour 45 ml absinthe and 10 ml simple syrup into a rocks glass.
2
Fill the glass to the rim with crushed ice.
3
Swizzle or churn with a bar spoon for 15-20 seconds, until the outside of the glass frosts over.
4
Top with 30 ml soda water and add more crushed ice to form a dome.
5
Garnish with a mint sprig and serve with a short straw.

From the Bartender

The frost is the whole point — swizzle hard enough that the glass ices over, since the melting crushed ice is what dilutes the absinthe to drinkable strength.

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