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Mimosa vs Bellini

What is the difference between a Mimosa and a Bellini? Here are both recipes side by side, with exact measures, and what actually sets them apart.

The difference

• They share no ingredients.
• Only the Mimosa has orange juice and Champagne.
• Only the Bellini has white peach purée and prosecco.

Mimosa

Orange juice	75 ml
Champagne	75 ml

Built · Flute · about 6.0% · about 90 calories

Usually credited to Frank Meier at the Ritz in Paris in the 1920s, and named after the yellow mimosa flower.

Mimosa recipe

Bellini

White peach purée	50 ml
Prosecco	100 ml

Built · Flute · about 7.3% · about 100 calories

Giuseppe Cipriani, Harry’s Bar, Venice, around 1948, named after the painter Giovanni Bellini.

Bellini recipe