One of my favourite drinks is Cointreau, the orange liqueur is a special drink for me. I prefer my Cointreau on ice, a very simple and uncomplicated drink, I would suggest elegance is understated.
Cointreau is an amazing liqueur, I keep mine in the refrigerator, I live in Perth so room temperature can be a little warm. Ok, as previously stated, I prefer mine on ice, so I don’t believe in mixing it down. To be honest, I have never mixed a Cointreau so I really do not know how to mix this drink. I have had shooters before, so I am aware of mixing Cointreau with other liqueurs in shot glasses. The B-52 is the example of the best known Cointreau based shooter.
The Cosmopolitan is a pretty decent example of a Cointreau based cocktail along with the Margarita and Vodka Sidecar – good stuff. So maybe I am incorrect, I have mixed Cointreau before. What I can say though, I have never mixed Cointreau with lemonade, orange juice or Sprite. Maybe that’s not how you mix it down, naturally, you sip it fast enough so the ice doesn’t melt and water it down. I just like chilled Cointreau, it is as easy as that.
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