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Muscle shell blue in colour. Vodka charged cranberry and orange in flavour
Tuber Magnatum
8th September at 22:55
As this was the cocktail of the day and for a long time wanting to try a "blue" cocktail, I decided to try and make it. Not having blue Curaçao and not really wanting to buy a whole bottle, I used Cointreau and simply added one drop of blue food colouring, and voila, blue! I quite enjoyed this; the colour makes it a fun cocktail but I would say not a particularly complex drink. An excellent apéritif though.
24th January 2025 at 18:42
Simple, smooth and sophisticated
26th June 2022 at 18:52
I've made this following the recipe in the 15th Edition, so it's with the darker blue of the de Kuyper Curaçao. Part of the fun of experimenting with different cocktails and brands is the delight of the resultant colour. "Mussel purple" captures it well. The orange-cranberry flavour is very agreeable. If using unsweetened cranberry juice (as I did), add 5-10 mls sugar syrup to taste.
14th July 2021 at 00:33
This is great. It is the colour I always imagined Elizabeth Taylor's eyes. Great balance, but you must use a good Blue Curacao, none of the nasty, cheap ones. Will do again.