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Creme de Menthe Frappe

Boothby's creme de menthe frappe is a straightforward shaved-ice after-dinner liqueur service.

sweet · mint · after-dinner

Served in Small cut glass. Ice: Shaved ice.

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Variants (2)

Cocktail Boothby's American Bar-Tender by Wm. T. Boothby (1891, p.25)

creme de menthe — Poured until the glass will hold no more over the ice.base
  1. Fill a small cut glass with shaved or very fine cracked ice.
  2. Pour creme de menthe over the ice until the glass is full.

Ice: Shaved ice

This is useful as a pure service checkpoint for the liqueur-frappe after-dinner world.

The category is defined by the frozen shaved-ice presentation rather than by mixing complexity.

Mixed Drinks by Herbert W. Green (1895, p.67)

1 egg whiteegg white — white of one eggbase
1 jiggercreme de menthe — Creme De Menthemodifier
  1. Shake the egg white with fine ice to make the frappe ice.
  2. Put the creme de menthe in a port-wine glass, then fill with the prepared egg ice.

Ice: Egg ice

This is a useful frozen-cordial checkpoint because Green preserves a display-driven frappe texture rather than just chilled cordial service.

The special egg-ice preparation is the key distinction from a simple cordial over crushed ice.

See also: Columbian Cooler, Creme de Menthe

Green gives a second simpler method but prefers the more attractive first one.