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Bonbon Breakfast

If you make this please try the spread afterwards it tastes so good! Thank you for your time.

Time for a Nap ?

You can choose to lick or not the powder on the side

Archangel's Wi ngs

Muddle grapes and mint in a shaker tin. Add Napoleon, Campari, and smoky mezcal. Shake. Double strain to an ice filled glass. Flame an orange peel.

Nouvelle-Orléans

The Nouvelle-Orléans is inspired by the Napoleonic history and mythos of what would become the spiritual home of the cocktail. Local legend holds that

Prescription

The herbal notes of the Chartreuse pair perfectly with pineapple. The lime juice helps balance the sweetness, and the combination of flavors adds up to

Three emperors

This cocktail is using peach Schnapps in summer and pear schnapps in fall & winter

Breakfast After Noon

Early thoughts for the Mandarin Napoleon liqueur cocktails took me down gin and almond routes with white chocolate hints. I got to a recipe I was fairly

Saint-Hélène

A cocktail with sweet bitter for the beginner in bitter cocktail

Royal Blossom

I chose to work with Pisco because it reminds me of French flagship products like cognac. It's also a spirit I like to work with in cocktails because it's

Napoleon's Flip

Taking inspiration from the "flip" - an old drink with a complex and mysterious history, I combined it with Mandarin Napoleon to give a drink

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

Bonaparte's Aztec Triumph

I prefer the regal stirred method to introduce the essential oils from the mint and orange throughout the cocktails rather then a not only to be had from

Impérial smash

Just my mind doing things during insomnia

Fourcroy's Alchemy

I started with the idea of the classic combination of strawberry and mandarin orange. I added lime for some acid and balsamic to add a rich note but it

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

L'Imperatore

My grandmother loves Mandarine Napoléon, and she was just giving me an old bottle that she likes, juste one day or two before I learned about the challenge