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Pousse-Café

Name: Pousse-Café
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7.5 ml Grenadine syrup; 7.5 ml Coffee liqueur; 7.5 ml Green crème de menthe; 7.5 ml Triple sec; 7.5 ml Bourbon whiskey; 7.5 ml White overproof rum

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (6)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1/4 fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
1/4 fl oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe
1/4 fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
1/4 fl oz	Overproof white rum (unaged Jamaican/funky)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Shot glass

Method

Select a SHOT GLASS.
Refrigerate ingredients.
LAYER in chilled glass by carefully pouring ingredients in the order listed.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Pousse-Café contains 120 calories

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
30.15% alc./vol. (60.3° proof)
11.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

A pousse-café is now a term for any multi-layered cocktail. The term originally seems to have been a general term for a mixture of liqueurs and/or spirits served after dinner, and most probably originated in France.

Review

The amount of sugar in each liqueur and their temperature will impact their specific gravity and so how successfully they layer. This is more a test of patience and a steady hand than a drink.

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese 4 years ago

Tasty, at an angle... Not something I would do a second of... a lot going on... mint and orange-forward... definitely use a more narrow shot glass for this; shallow won't show the best division of colors... definitely chill all ingredients to the same cold temps; rushing this will thwart proper presentation... but, yeah it's not great (13 Feb 2022, 10:52a)