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Marie Lucie

The origin of this cocktail comes from my family Christmas dinners, when my grandmother (Marie Lucie) hid the imperial mandarin under the table to prevent

The Forbidden Kiss

Refreshing, citrus, spicy, sweet, smoky. The flavor reminiscents of autumn spices, vegetables and fruits, but provides freshness at the same time.

Sunrise around the world

At first, I tried the combination of sake with mandarin liqueur, then added lemon juice and Italicus to create a drink enjoyable on a beach while watching

Luna Naranja

I wanted a more complex, nuanced orange creamsicle-inspired drink, and between the roasty agave notes of the tequila and the citrusy spice of the Mandarine

Orange Vinyl

I started with Mezcal and Tequila as a base since those are my two hard liquors of choice. Then of course, the obligatory addition of freshly squeezed

Death in Paradise

Used Tarquins gin, so suggest a cirtrus forward gin as the base.

Orange Hours

You can take any Armagnac you like, I love a VS but if you want more wood I say go for it !

Napoleon's Folly

I've used Mandarine Napoleon for years to make soufflés and recently tried a variation of a chocolate soufflé with a Mandarine Napoleon creme anglaise.

5.5 Sour

Si vous n'aimez pas trop les cocktails sucré, n'hésitez pas à ajouter quelques dash de bitter à l'orange afin de contrebalancer le côté sucré avec

Count of Corsica

Zesty , sweet , rich with underlying nuttiness For those not wanting to use egg white a few dashes of foaming bitters will do the trick

Aigre -Doux

Perfect for parring with an Gà xào chua ngọt (vietnamese sweet and sour fried chicken)

White mandarin

Looked at recipes of sweets that contained tangerine to find out what flavours went together, then had fun trying different cocktails till I found the

Brazilian Sunset

Add all ingredients to shaker Dry shake Wet Shake Double Strain into a rocks glass with a large cube

Napoleon Xpress

A journey between citrus, strength but with a nice fruity roundness.

Exile on Elba

Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba. After doing my research on what ingredients grow on the island, I did some experiments with them and came with

The Last Ditch

The basic principle is to make Mandarine Napoléon as the central core flavour. Then, satellites like coco rum liquor and black cold tea come on the floor