What I’m Drinking: Coney Island Baby
Okay, this one looks pretty un-2013, with its pairing of out-of-favor-with-snooty-bartenders favorites crème de caco (perhaps the finest drink ingredient to say out loud, if you say it with the right ending emphasis) and peppermint schnapps. Between us, I haven’t consumed as much peppermint schnapps in the last 28 years as I did 29 years ago. Maybe there’s a correlation there? Who knows? However, with the sun starting to shine and the temperature starting to go up, it’s good to get the Coney Island Baby into your repertoire, because it’s an ideal thirst quencher for the summer months. Refreshing, minty, and working well with white outfits, and from Ginger Bliss and the Violet Fizz, forget about your schnapps bias and stock up for summer. You’ll thank me later.
Coney Island Baby
Cracked ice
2 ounces white crème de cacao
1 ounce peppermint schnapps
Ice cubes
Chilled club soda
Fresh peppermint sprig, for garnish
1. Fill a cocktail shaker or mixing glass halfway full with cracked ice. Add the crème de cacao and peppermint schnapps. Stir well.
2. Fill a highball glass three-quarters full with ice cubes. Strain the mixture over the ice. Fill the glass almost to the top with club soda. Stir, and garnish with the peppermint.
Kate said:
It’s nice to see peppermint schnapps get some love! I’d tend to use it more as an accent (http://feu-de-vie.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-ladys-piercing-eyes.html), but it has a piercing quality you don’t get from most creme de menthes — why shun something from your arsenal, right?
ajrathbun said:
Hey, the Lady’s Piercing Eyes looks delicious! I can’t wait to try that. And the schnapps, it does pierce, and has some sort of weird bonus nostalgia. Not for everyday, but for sure, no shunning needed.