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Pousse Café in a shot glass, drawn with its ingredient layers

Pousse Café

The Pousse Café is a layered cocktail, made with grenadine, coffee liqueur, green crème de menthe and more, served in a shot glass. It is coffee-rich.

Strength: about 22% ABV in the glass, roughly 9 g of alcohol per drink (an estimate; brands and dilution vary).

The 19th-century show-off drink: layers of liqueurs stacked by their weight.

Ingredients

Grenadine10 ml (¼ oz)
Coffee liqueur10 ml (¼ oz)
Green crème de menthe10 ml (¼ oz)
Blue curaçao10 ml (¼ oz)
Cognac10 ml (¼ oz)

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

Method

  1. Use a tall, narrow glass and pour each layer slowly over the back of a bar spoon, heaviest first.
  2. Grenadine, then coffee liqueur, green crème de menthe, blue curaçao, and cognac on top.
  3. Do not stir: it is meant to be admired, then sipped layer by layer.
Glass
Shot glass
Ice
None
Garnish
None
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