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"The Lighter"

Ingredients

1 Egg

1/2 oz Heavy Whipping Cream

3/4 oz Brown Sugar Syrup (recipe below)

1 oz Cold Brewed Coffee

1 1/2 oz Absinthe

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients to a shaker tin and shake for 10 seconds without ice to emulsify the egg.

2. Add ice and shake for approx 8 seconds then strain through a mesh strainer into a chilled short rocks glass.

3. Garnish with 2 coffee beans floating on top

4. Brown sugar syrup: Add equal parts by weight of brown sugar and water to a blender. Blend on high until the sugar is fully dissolved.

"The Martinique"

Ingredients

5 Blueberries

1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice

1 oz Yellow Corn Syrup (recipe below)

3/4 oz Aged Rum (Banks 7 Golden Age if possible)

1 oz Mezcal

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients to shaker and shake vigorously for approx 8 seconds

2. Strain through a mesh strainer into a chilled coupe glass

3. Yellow Corn Syrup: Add equal parts by weight of drained yellow canned corn, water, and white sugar to a blender. Blend on high for 45 seconds then strain through a mesh strainer.

Vivian Springford, Martinique Series, 1972-73. New Now New York Auction.

"The Boat House"

Ingredients

1 pinch of salt

1 1/2 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice

1 1/2 oz Campari

1 1/2 oz sparkling wine

Instructions

1. Add ingredients to shaker tin along with 3 ice cubes. Shake vigorously until the ice has fully melted

2. Add 1 1/2 oz of sparkling wine to the shaker tin and pour the cocktail directly from the tin over fresh ice in a chilled rocks glass

Genieve Figgis, Boat House, 2015. New Now New York Auction.