CLASSIC · FRESH MINT LEAVES

Hugo Spritz

Name: Hugo Spritz
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: Fresh Mint Leaves; 40 ml Elderflower Liqueur; 60 ml Soda Water; 60 ml Prosecco; Ice Cubes; Lime Wedge; Mint Sprigs

Born in the South Tyrol village of Naturno, the Hugo Spritz swapped the bitter amaro of a traditional Aperol Spritz for fragrant elderflower liqueur and fresh mint, creating something altogether lighter and more floral.

Ingredients

Fresh Mint Leaves

Elderflower Liqueur40 ml

Soda Water60 ml

Prosecco60 ml

Ice Cubes

Lime Wedge

Mint Sprigs

Glassware

Wine glass

Chilled.

Flavor

Elderflower · Honey · Lime · Mint · Orange blossom

Estimated profile

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Method

1
Add mint leaves to a large chilled wine glass.
2
Fill the glass with ice cubes.
3
Pour in the elderflower liqueur and soda water.
4
Top with Prosecco.
5
Briefly stir once or twice to combine without losing carbonation.
6
Garnish with a lime wedge and a small bouquet of fresh mint sprigs.

From the Bartender

Roland Gruber, a bartender in Naturno, is credited with inventing the Hugo around 2005 as a lighter, floral alternative to the Aperol Spritz - it spread across northern Italy and Austria before going global. Muddle the mint leaves very gently if at all; bruising them too hard releases bitter chlorophyll and muddies the delicate elderflower note.

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