Classic Champagne Cocktail
Classic Champagne Cocktail
Easy 
5 to 10 minutes
Appears in Jerry Thomas’ "How to Mix Drinks or the Bon Vivant’s Companion" (1862). There are several versions of this cocktail, but this one is the most common. The bitters-soaked sugar dissolves when the champagne is added, and the cocktail’s taste evolves while it is drunk..
Ingredients
| Merlet Brothers Blend Cognac | 15 ml - 1 oz |
| Sugar cube | 1 pc |
| Angostura bitters | 3 drops |
| Champagne | 100 ml - 4 oz |
| * works with Merlet VSOP Cognac or Merlet VS Cognac |
Method
Place a sugar cube on a napkin and add three drops of bitters. Put the bitter-soaked sugar in a champagne flute. Pour the cognac and fill glass with champagne. Squeeze an orange zest over the cocktail and discard.
Decoration : Orange zest (to discard)
Service : Champagne flute