Name: Champs-Elysees Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 10 ml Chartreuse Green; 20 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 10 ml Chilled water

Champs-Elysees Cocktail
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₃ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
²⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A great after-dinner drink for lovers of brandy and Chartreuse.

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Variant:

Sidecar; Marigny

History:

A riff on the Sidecar, The Champs-Élysées is named after the touristy Parisian avenue. The first known recipe for this cocktail appears in Nina Toye and Arthur H. Adair's 1925 Drinks-Long and Short.

CHAMPS ELYSÉES
Three glasses of brandy, one glass of Chartreuse and one and a half glasses of sweetened lemon juice, put in the shaker with a dash of Angostura Bitters.
Nina Toye and Arthur H. Adair, 1925

Nutrition:

One serving of Champs-Elysees Cocktail contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.33% alc./vol. (17.33° proof)
17.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Martin Boyer

16th February at 23:15

In honour of Team Canada's game against the Americans, I substituted maple syrup for the cane syrup. Drink was great, but Team Canada didn't win. Not sure I'd drink again.

Simon Sedgley

9th January at 12:48

As with its kissing cousin, the Sidecar, this one goes down a treat on a festive occasion with a decent splash of bubbly.

John CARR

17th April at 15:06

You’d be run out of several US states for even uttering the expiration Kissing Cousin! 😂

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Karl M

12th October 2024 at 14:49

Super delicious! But even at just 10ml the Chartreuse was the most forward flavor so i think I'll tone it down to 7.5ml next time and i think it'll be perfect balance for me.

Daniel Jones

9th February 2024 at 07:31

I've made this three times and now want to try the original with 1/2oz Green Chartreuse, 1 & 1/2oz Cognac and 3/4oz sweetened lemon juice. The only question is finding the right amount of lemon juice to simple syrup. 1/2oz lemon juice to 1/4oz s/S, or 2/3oz lemon to around a bar spoon s/S?

Sterling Diesel

3rd February 2024 at 02:36

A superb winter time sipper, though I prefer it at 7.5 ml for the 2:1

william dennehy

9th January 2024 at 20:25

Classy and complex.....

David Booker

17th December 2023 at 00:33

Love this drink. I add about 5ml more chartreuse and subtract 5 ml of the Cognac. So good!!!!!

Charl Engela

15th December 2023 at 17:12

I like it. Constantly amazed how many things green Chartreuse pairs with.

Jose Cruz

26th November 2023 at 04:00

I used yellow chartuse, delicious

Lynn Garvie

13th November 2023 at 22:16

This is a stunning cocktail!!
Somehow tastes of apples despite no apple ingredients.
It's a new favourite. Will definitely be making this one again.
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