Testaments to the Boom Times to Come (Posts tagged DRINKS)

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

I know this is not going to be the most crowd-pleasing drink, as it asks you to not only like anise, but like it enough have an anise liqueur at hand. However, if you are that person, or you want to be that person, I sure do love this avant-garde toddy based on a sweet orange-scented bread I’ve never had!

(Strictly speaking this is actually based on a drink based on a bread I’ve never had, because when I read this I thought “oh I super see where you’re coming from here, but also I wager this could be done more simply by deploying more booze.” If only all things could be approached that way.)

Le Gibassier Toddy

¾ cup boiling water
¼ cup freshly squeezed orange juice, strained
1 ounce anise liqueur
¾ ounce Cointreau or Grand Marnier
½ ounce whiskey, more if feeling it
dash or two orange bitters if you got ‘em
star anise, optional but so pretty

Combine those things in a mug, probably toast it up in the microwave for 15-30 seconds as the water was the only thing that was hot, and enjoy.

And do make this now, if you’re going to; it’s citrus season, and all the oranges taste like they were made with honey.

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I made two different autumnal cocktail recipes for my pals over the weekend, before realizing my ideal form existed somewhere in between them. I now present to you: an orchard in a glass.

An Orchard In A Glass

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Tasting notes: apples, mellow meadow grasses, hint of smoke

1 ounce apple brandy (Calvados or similar)
1 ounce pressed apple cider
¼ ounce St. Germaine
¼ ounce smoky scotch
¼ ounce thyme simple syrup*

Combine ingredients. Serve chilled and/or over a giant ice cube (for slower melting).

*For thyme simple syrup: Combine 1/3 cup sugar, ½ cup water, and 4 large frondy sprigs of thyme in a pot over medium heart. Once the sugar dissolves, remove from heat and let steep for 15 minutes. Strain into a jar, add a squeeze of lemon juice to brighten it up, and store in the fridge.

pls excuse this extensively ~atmospheric~ photo this is apparently what I do on apple brandy drinks recipes

What’s Good - October, 2017

- curling up with a soft throw blanket, a thing I finally own

- this Smoke + Embers candle that smells of all the best warm-wood-amber parts of a fire, and is, ignore their description and take mine: the most autumnal scent in the woorrlld

- enrobing myself in items one and two and reading/watching A Series of Unfortunate Events (to be continued!!!)

- apple brandy cocktails, also to be continued

- nearly drowning in the rain at the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta

- rocking a black corduroy miniskirt with a tiny floral pattern that is exactly the sort of late 90s garment I would have gone nuts for at age 10, and now

- FOGGY MORNINGS

- the unbelievably buttery salmon chowder in a toasted sourdough bread-bowl I had at the little lunch-hour cafe next to work, and then walking out the door into yellow leaves and bright crisp air that literally smelled like apples

- fancy spooky tunes

- and deeply anticipating my yearly Over the Garden Wall watch

LIFESTYLE POST pers. A Series of Unfortunate Events drinks fog food music Over the Garden Wall fall festival
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