Friday, December 4, 2009
Recommended Dish St. Hampton Cooler at the Cove
Posted by Stacey Greenberg on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- Justin Fox Burks
Seemingly simple, the St. Hampton Cooler is an exquisite mixture of vodka, cranberry juice, and a key ingredient, St. Germain, a liqueur made from the elderflower, a blossom of the elder tree. The starry white flowers are gathered by 40 to 50 men pedaling the Alpen French countryside. (I love envisioning this as I sip my cocktail.) Once distilled into an intoxicating nectar, it is blended with a small amount of citrus and natural cane sugar.
It may sound like a spring-y cocktail, but consider this: Elderflowers and fruits are used to lower fever, reduce inflammation, and soothe irritation, and they have a diuretic and anti-mucus effect. I’m not saying this drink is guaranteed to stave off the flu or anything, but it isn’t the worst thing to drink either. Did I mention the 40 to 50 Frenchmen?
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The Cove
- 2559 Broad, Memphis Midtown Tennessee 38122
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730-0719
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