The White Russian: the cocktail of "The Big Lebowski" movie!

All fans of The Big Lebowski (the Coen brothers movie) know the "White Russian" tasty cocktail vodka, coffee liqueur and milk. This week, we make a focus on this famous cocktail. We find lots of different recipes and we sought "ideal proportions" and we ended up finding this arrangement that gives a little alcohol but very balanced result:
 

- 1 part coffee liqueur
- 2 parts vodka
- 2 volumes of liquid cream



  


Thompsons French Grape Vodka
 http://www.thompsons.fr/

 



                                                 A video to show you the preparation

 

The thing was not easy to find , the team had to work hard to find this result .. but concentrate on the movie " The Big Lebowski " , glass after glass, observing " the Dude ," we managed that balance, and understood many subtleties in the movie!

There are many variations of this cocktail, such as the Canadian White with goat's milk instead of cow's milk, the Russian Blind , Baileys Irish Cream with instead of milk. The White Mexican , with horchata de chufa in place of milk, White Cuban, with rum instead of vodka and Russian Tito with coconut milk instead of milk

Which one are you?

Which cocktails does people drink after a skiing day ?

The cocktail fever team tried for you two cocktails in Val Thorens (french Alpes).

First, we have been to La Ferme de Reberty. It's a traditional restaurant where you can eat cheese fondue for example. So, of course, we drank a traditional cocktail with a local liquor : the Genepi

Recipe:

- Genepi 3cl

- Cane sugar 1cl

- Coffee 1 expresso

- Chantilly cream

Mix Genepi and cane sugar together. Add the hot coffee. put some whipped cream up to the top of the glass.

Our tasting :
Smell: chocolate, coffee
Taste: sweet coffee

Very good to warm you up after cold day !

The second cocktail is a fruity one. We had it in Le Chalet du Mont Vallon. It's a luxurious hotel but also a very cosy place.

The cocktail is a creation from the bartender. It's a blend of Vodka, Cachaça, orange juice, blackberry syrup and raspberry.

Champagne coktails in Reims !

"Bar de la Paix" invite you to relax in a cozy space with a terrace with courtyard.
Amateurs of champagne will find a wide selection of the most big houses of this vineyard which is unique in the world.

The cocktail fever team has been to REIMS the city of Champagne to tell you about Champagne cocktails.

The place is very beautiful with a nice design.

The cocktail list is divided into 2 parts :

The first one is a famous champagne cocktails for ladies which are called:

CARLOTTA.

- 3cl of vodka ( Absolut or THOMPSON'S )

- Add 2cl of Chambort

- Add 1cl of Ginger liquor

- Add 6 to 8cl of Cramberry 

- finaly 10cl of Champagne

First of all, put some crushed ice up to the top of the glass to make it as cold as possible!

  

Add Vodka, Ginger, Chambort,Cramberry and ice cube in a shaker. Shake it ! Remove the crushed ice from your glass and put the mix throught a filter to separate ice cube from the juice. Finally add Champagne directly into the glass with raspberries !

Our tasting: 

Smell: freshness of the ginger and raspberry

Taste: sweet, a good taste of rasberry, a light sparkling taste of champagne.

 

 

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For the second one, we have experienced a cocktail for men wich are called:

THE Champagne cocktail.

- 1 Brown sugar

- Add 3cl of Cognac

- Add 2 slice of Angostura

- And 12cl of Champagne 

To begin put a sugar into a Champagne glass next add Cognac, Angostura and wait 1 min for the sugar.

Then add champagne to see the fizzy of the cocktail with the sugar wich is dissolve! it's beautiful! 

You can now drink this great cocktail directly into the glass without straw ! Cheers !

Our tasting: 

Smell: Fresh lemon

Taste: strong in mouth but light in cognac, a really good presence of champagne !

Please comment if you've been there already !

Thompson's Spirits. The partnership of Cocktail Fever!

The cocktail fever team is proud to tell you that we are now sponsorised by Thompson's!

Thompson's is a new and exciting range of Spirits, distilled, matured and blended in the Bordeaux region of South West France..

We tell you more about this spirits and cocktails soon, of course with cocktails ideas !

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question and post coments to tell if you have tried it already !