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Grasshopper Chronicles – Three Ways

Vodka and Creme de Menthe three ways

Ingredients

Scale

Original Grasshopper

  • Equal parts white creme de cacao, creme de menthe and heavy cream – about 1 oz each
  • Shaved bittersweet chocolate and mint – garnish

Flying Grasshopper

  • 3/4 oz vodka
  • 3/4 oz white creme de cacao
  • 1 oz heavy cream
  • 3/4 oz creme de menthe
  • Powdered confectioner’s sugar
  • Powdered cocoa
  • 1 sprig of mint – garnish

Interstellar Grasshopper

  • 1 oz vodka
  • 3/4 oz creme de menthe
  • 3/4 white creme de cacao
  • 1 sprig of mint

Instructions

Original Grasshopper

  1. Chill a coupe glass in the cooler
  2. Pour the liquid ingredients into an ice filled shaker and shake vigorously
  3. Strain and pour
  4. Garnish with a pinch of ground nutmeg

Flying Grasshopper

  1. Rim a coupe glass with equally mixed powdered sugar & powdered cocoa
  2. Combine the liquid ingredients in an ice filled shaker and shake until ice cold
  3. Strain and pour into the coupe glass
  4. Float a mint sprig on top

Interstellar Grasshopper

  1. Chill a Nick & Nora glass in the cooler
  2. Combine the liquid ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir until ice cold
  3. Strain and pour
  4. Garnish with 2-3 mint leaves or a sprig of mint