A cocktail is an mixed drink: It contains at least two or more ingredients. One of these integredients must be a spirit.
Originally a Cocktail was a mix of different elements: water, spirits, sugar and other things. Today everything with alcohol is a cocktail - or a drink.
Drinks akin to cocktails first appeared sometime during the 16th century, but
cocktails, as we know and use the term, was first introduced by American
bartenders in the 1920ies.
The reason the cocktail made it big in the happy '20ies, was the prohibition, when
producing and imbibing of alcohol was made illegal. As good as all spirits available
was of a rather dubious quality and tasted accordingly. Thus, the bartenders,
accommodating as always, started to mix the spirits with various fruit juices and
other flavorings to make it more palatable. Later, the cocktail lost its popularity
most places, the United States being the main exception.
The last few years, however, the cocktail has reclaimed lost ground everywhere,
especially in southern Europe and other places that are full of tourists. Cocktails
usually consist of three different 'classes' of ingredients.
• The first, the base, is most often some sort of spirit, like vodka, whiskey, or
tequila. Occasionally, such as in many punches, some sort of wine is being
used as a base.
• The second, the modifier, is added to bring out the aroma of the base
and to modify its taste. The main flavoring is often such as Vermouth,
various fruit juices, wine, or even eggs or cream.
• The third, the flavoring, is added to enhance the taste of the base, and
often also adds the color to the cocktail. Common special flavorings include
Grenadine, Blue Curacao, and others.
garnish-Most cocktails are also decorated in some way, usually with fruit slices, orange peel, cocktail sticks, mint twigs, etc.
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what are the parts of a cocktail?
Lazarus cocktail recipeIngredients2 Parts ABSOLUT VODKA1 Part Cognac2 Parts Espresso Coffee (Cold)2 Parts KahlúaHow to mix this cocktailFill a shaker with ice cubes. Add all ingredients. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
The ingredients in a Rusty Nail Cocktail: 9 parts of Scotch Whisky, 5 parts of Drambuie. Mix crushed ice with whiskey and drambuie and garnish with a slice of lemon.
a cocktail that is small and cute
A cocktail dress is 'une robe de cocktail' in French.
The Perfect Cocktail was created on 2011-05-02.
Traditional Caribbean ratio for Rum cocktail is: 1 of sour 2 of sweet 3 of strong and 4 of weak. Traditional Rum Punch, for example, would be mixed with 1 part (13oz) lime juice, 2 parts (26oz) simple syrup, 3 parts (38oz) Rum and 4 parts (51oz) water, juice, etc. Totalling 128 oz, or 1 gallon. This renders a cocktail that has some punch (pardon the pun) but without being too deadly. From this ratio, you can strengthen or weaken to your liking.
"Prawn cocktail" in English is cocktail de crevettes in French.
a cocktail gown is 'une robe de cocktail' in French
Prawn cocktail.
Cranberry juice
Yes, the word 'cocktail' is a noun.