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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

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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.

Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$14.99 $0.15 per cocktail Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) image

Galliano Espresso 700ml - makes 93 cocktails
$17.99 $0.19 per cocktail Galliano Espresso image

Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 50 cocktails
$21.99 $0.44 per cocktail Cointreau L'Unique image

Maker's Mark bourbon 375ml - makes 50 cocktails
$18.99 $0.38 per cocktail Maker's Mark bourbon image

Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$24.99 $0.25 per cocktail

$1.41 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 50 cocktails.
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* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 4y

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)

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