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Sparkling · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 5/5

Soyer au Champagne

Soyer au Champagne is an ice-cream-and-Champagne continental beverage dressed with fruit and small dashes of liqueur.

sweet · tropical · red_fruit · cream · festive · formal

Served in Large tumbler.

Variants (3)

Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails by Harry of Ciro's (1923, p.81) — Harry of Ciro's 1923

1 slicelemon acid
2 dashesbrandy base
1 measureVanilla ice cream — Vanilla Ice Creambase
2 cherriesCherry — Cherriesgarnish
1 sliceOrange garnish
1 slicepineapple garnish
2 strawberriesstrawberry — Strawberriesgarnish
2 dashescuracao — Curacoamodifier
2 dashesMaraschino modifier
champagne — Fill balance with Champagne.other
  1. Build in a large tumbler with vanilla ice cream, liqueurs, and fruit.
  2. Fill the balance with Champagne and stir well.

Garnish: Pineapple, orange, lemon, cherries, and strawberries

This matters because it preserves a continental Champagne-and-ice-cream service world that overlaps with later dessert-drink branches.

The built-over-ice-cream Champagne service is the defining detail here.

L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.63)

lemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
0.5 liqueur glasscognac — Cognacbase
0.5 glasscrushed ice — Crushed icebase
lemon and orange — Lemon and orangegarnish
champagne — Fill with Champagne.other
1 coffee spoonGrenadine — Grenadinesweetener
  1. Build in a medium balloon glass, top with Champagne, garnish with citrus and seasonal fruit, and serve with straws.

Garnish: Lemon, orange, and seasonal fruit

Ice: Crushed ice

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.76) — Continental beverage

2 dashesbrandy base
1 measureVanilla ice cream — Vanilla Ice Creambase
2 dashescuracao modifier
2 dashesMaraschino modifier
champagne — Fill balance.other
  1. Put the vanilla ice cream into a large tumbler with the maraschino, curacao, and brandy.
  2. Fill balance with Champagne, stir well, and add the fruit garnishes.

Garnish: Pineapple, orange, lemon, cherries, and strawberries

This matters because it preserves a cream-and-Champagne Continental service world that sits between dessert and mixed-drink practice.

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Couperee, Champagne Cup