Contents
Ingredients
Brandy – 30 ml
Cointreau – 30 ml
Cover – 2 g
How to make a cocktail
Pour alcohol into the snifter and set it on fire.
Add a pinch of cinnamon and cover the glass with the palm of your hand (for a “medicine jar” effect).
When the glass sticks to your hand, shake the cocktail, imitating the movements of a basketball player.
* Use the easy Basketball cocktail recipe to make your own unique mix at home. To do this, it is enough to replace the base alcohol with the one that is available.
History of the Basketball cocktail
The cocktail got its name because of the characteristic basketball movements that are used while mixing the drink (as if a basketball player is dribbling).
However, this is not the only thing that connects him to the popular game.
There is a version according to which the first winners of the championship of the National Basketball Association, the Philadelphia Warriors team, after their victory, came to the bar.
Team players saw the bartender mixing a cocktail and were delighted with his basketball moves.
This case was described in the newspapers of the time, thanks to which the cocktail became widely known, and from Philadelphia bars spread throughout the United States, and later around the world.
It should also be noted that the cocktail has gained such popularity and has become known all over the world because it is quite dangerous to prepare – if it is not properly stewed, then you can get a nasty burn.
Like most cocktails that include cognac, Basketball is a very strong drink, and it is not recommended to order unprepared people.
Cocktail variations Basketball
Basketball with sambuca – a modern club version of a cocktail, sambuca is added to the original recipe.
History of the Basketball cocktail
The cocktail got its name because of the characteristic basketball movements that are used while mixing the drink (as if a basketball player is dribbling).
However, this is not the only thing that connects him to the popular game.
There is a version according to which the first winners of the championship of the National Basketball Association, the Philadelphia Warriors team, after their victory, came to the bar.
Team players saw the bartender mixing a cocktail and were delighted with his basketball moves.
This case was described in the newspapers of the time, thanks to which the cocktail became widely known, and from Philadelphia bars spread throughout the United States, and later around the world.
It should also be noted that the cocktail has gained such popularity and has become known all over the world because it is quite dangerous to prepare – if it is not properly stewed, then you can get a nasty burn.
Like most cocktails that include cognac, Basketball is a very strong drink, and it is not recommended to order unprepared people.
Cocktail variations Basketball
Basketball with sambuca – a modern club version of a cocktail, sambuca is added to the original recipe.