No. 9 Cocktail

With Valentines Day right around the corner this pretty in pink "love potion" cocktail is great to share with your sweetie. 

No 9 Cocktail

This cocktail may be short on ingredients but definitely isn't short on flavor. Blood oranges are a great bright winter citrus that taste like a cross between oranges and raspberries and the pink color is perfect for Valentines Day. 

No 9 Cocktail

No. 9 Cocktail

No 9 Cocktail

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz blood orange juice
  • 1 oz St. Germain Elderflower Liquor 
  • champagne to top
  • garnish: blood orange wedge

Instructions:

Add blood orange juice and St. Germain to a cocktail shaker full with ice. Shake until combined and cold and poor into a coupe and top with champagne. 

 

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