PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Finlandia vodka o 1 ½ ounces Godiva White Chocolate liqueur o ½ ounce light Crème de Cacao o 2 ounces cream Garnish o ground cinnamon o cinnamon stick Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into a martini glass. 3. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and ground cinnamon. Remarks: In honor of the true heroism of Lady Godiva. Often overlooked or made light of in spite of the enormity of her sacrifice. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o lime wedge o mint sprig Method: 1. Stir vodka and lime juice in an ice-filled copper mug. 2. Top with ginger beer. 3. Garnish with lime wedge and mint sprig. Remarks: Created in the 1940’s, this drink helped popularize vodka in the United States and for that we are eternally grateful. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ¾ ounce light Crème de Cacao o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a chilled cocktail glass and discard the excess. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: The taste of this cocktail is not easy to describe. At first it's too lemony. Then it's the chocolate that comes forward. As it ends, it’s all about the absinthe. Being difficult to describe isn't such a a bad thing. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 tablespoon lemon juice o 1 teaspoon sugar o 1 slice cucumber (unpeeled) o 2 ounces Pimm’s No.1 Cup o ½ ounce Amontillado sherry o 1 ounce Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o mint sprig o lime wedge Method: 1. Muddle cucumber, sugar, and lemon juice in a shaker. 2. Add ice and Pimm’s Cup and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled cocktail glass and add soda. 4 . Top with sherry. 5. Garnish with mint sprig and lime wedge. Remarks: Another Pimm's Cup cocktail that is tasty and refreshing. It is also very good with food. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ½ ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 splash olive brine o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o 3 olives Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a martini glass. 3. Garnish with olives. Remarks: The key to making any dirty martini is first use “top-shelf” liquors and liqueurs. Then add olive brine to lightly flavor it. Many bartenders tend to add too much brine which makes it more filthy than dirty . In life and martinis there is a big difference. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 4 lychees o 2 slices cucumber o 3 mint leaves o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 4 ounces cold strong jasmine tea o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup see: Syrups etc. Method: 1. Place lychee, cucumber, and mint in a cocktail shaker and lightly muddle. 2. Add ice and the remaining cocktail ingredients and shake gently. 3. Pour entire contents into a hurricane glass. 4. Serve with a straw and chop sticks. Remarks: This seems to be a cocktail that you could eat or a fruit salad you could drink or perhaps just a way to see tea in a new light. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 teaspoon of brown sugar o ¾ ounce Calvados o ¾ ounce Campari o splash grenadine o 5 ounces cold strong coffee Garnish o grapefruit peel Method: 1. Put sugar into cocktail glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Pour into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with grapefruit peel. Remarks: This demonstrates how acidity, as in coffee, acts to tame the inherent bitterness of Campari. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Pimm’s No.1 Cup o 4 ounces strong coffee or espresso Garnish o 1 ounce lightly whipped cream o ground cinnamon Method: 1. Combine coffee and liqueur in a glass mug. 2. Float cream on top. 3. Dust with cinnamon Remarks: If you use espresso, you may want to add some sweetener. Perhaps extra confectioners' sugar in the whipped cream would do the trick. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe: Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Chivas Regal scotch o ½ ounce Drambuie o double espresso Garnish o whipped cream o ground cinnamon Method: 1. Add cocktail ingredients to a warmed cup or mug. 2. Top with whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon. Remarks: If you prefer your whisky to be scotch, this will be your coffee. If you prefer your whiskey to be Irish, please see our recipe for The Original Irish Coffee. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Mount Gay XO rum o ½ ounce Southern Comfort o 1 ½ ounces dark Crème de Cacao o 6 ounces cold strong coffee o 1 scoop vanilla ice cream Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a highball glass. Remarks: Originally there was this recipe. We upped the Crème de Cacao and threw in some vanilla ice cream and low and behold… . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 6 ounces Godiva Hot Cocoa o 1 ½ ounces Southern Comfort o ½ ounce dark Crème de Cacao Garnish o whipped cream o cocoa powder Method: 1. Prepare cocoa per package directions. 2. Combine with remaining cocktail ingredients in a cup or mug and stir. 3. Top with whipped cream. 4. Garnish with cocoa powder. Remarks: Sweet, tasty, and satisfying like SoCo Coffee, its coffee cousin. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Amontillado sherry o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: This is a low-ABV cocktail. A tasty one that is easy to drink. . . .