Pousse Café
Ingredient: raspberry syrup
What it is: SyrupIngredient: maraschino
What it is: LiqueurIngredient: Curaçao (red)
Substitution: bitter Substitution: orange Substitution: orange bittersIngredient: Chartreuse (yellow)
What it is: LiqueurFrench liqueur composed of distilled alcohol flavored with 130 herbal extracts.
Ingredient: Cognac
What it is: BrandyVariety of grape brandy, produced in the wine-growing region surrounding the town of Cognac.
The above ingredients will fill the glass. (See Illustration, Plate No. 6.)
I would advise any bartender having calls for these drinks often, to place his original bottles containing the different Cordials used in the drink separate in one place, so as to have them follow in the rotation above mentioned; this will avoid mixing up the bottles and trouble. I also have to mention another item of great importance, and that is, that the Cordials used in the above drink differ in weight, for instance, you will find the French Curaçoa to weigh more than the Holland Curaçoa, and so it is different in all Cordials and it is wise for a bartender to find out the different weights and then place them in rotation, in order to avoid mixing up; therefore you cannot depend entirely on the illustration in mixing the drink called Pousse Café.