On a warm summer day, and inspired by smooth Jazz.
Perhaps named after the famous American Jazz Musician, the Chet Baker cocktail is as sophisticated as it smooth - like Jazz.
Recipe:
2 oz. Flor de Caña aged Rum
1/2 oz. Carpano Antica Formula
1/4 oz. Honey Syrup
2 Dash of Angostura Bitters
Build over block ice and Stir
Garnish generously with an orange peel
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Chet, The Cocktail, The Myth
Legends have origin from truth. This is known. The Chet Baker Cocktail has more than its fair share of urban legend and myth:
Urban Myth: The recipe for a Chet Baker Cocktail was highly guarded until it was stolen and sold to the Soviets in the 1970's. Neither nation could live without, thus ending the Cold War.
In entertainment: The cast of Mad Men demanded the use of real Chet Bakers Cocktails in there scenes, no matter how many takes. They wanted the audience to appreciate the realism of the main star.
Urban Legend: Spider from Goodfellas was originally shot by Jimmy because he forgot the orange peel garnish in his Chet Baker Cocktail (CBC).
ReplyDeleteFact: In the movie, Lost Boys, they want to drink Chet Bakers but they had to settle for blood.
ReplyDeleteFact: A good Chet Baker mixologist bartender makes a crystal meth cook look like a pimply teenager fry cook at a fast food joint.
ReplyDeleteUrban Myth: The recipe for a Chet Baker Cocktail was highly guarded until it was stolen and sold to the Soviets in the 1970's. Neither nation could live without, thus ending the Cold War.
ReplyDeleteFact: Chet Baker is the only cocktail to ever give Chuck Norris a buzz.
ReplyDeleteIn politics: The first thing Obama did when he captured Osama was have a Chet Baker
ReplyDeleteIn music: Amy Winehouse was rumored to not want to go to rehab because it would mean never to savor another Chet Baker.
ReplyDeleteIn entertainment: The cast of Mad Men demanded the use of real Chet Bakers Cocktails in there scenes, no matter how many takes. They wanted the audience to appreciate the realism of the main star.
ReplyDeleteUrban Myth: The Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, is known to his close friends as simply, Chet.
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