Elevation
A tall, rising sparkling cocktail built to lift — betting big on people, culture, and operations, and the base who never lets her flyer fall
Her word for the year is elevation. Carol pulled her up; she is pulling fifteen people through the door behind her. A base never, under any circumstances, lets her flyer fall.
Why this cocktail? Elevation is her word for the year — betting on people, culture, operations, and never letting the flyer fall. This rising sparkler is that lift.
The Story
Elevation is her word for the year at Javits, and her formula is un-mystical for a woman who believes in auras: bet big on people, bet big on culture, bet big on operations, and everything else rises. She learned it in a cheerleading pyramid, where the base never lets her flyer fall, and she lives it as a debt repaid — Carol pulled her up, so she is pulling fifteen people through the door behind her. This sparkling cocktail is that lift: effervescent, ascending, a foundation strong enough to raise everyone standing on it.
Read Full Story →Ingredients
- 1 oz elderflower liqueur
- 0.5 oz lemon juice
- 0.5 oz white grapefruit juice
- 3 oz brut sparkling wine
- Edible gold flakes
- Lemon twist
Preparation
- 1.Add elderflower liqueur, lemon, and grapefruit to a chilled flute.
- 2.Top slowly with brut sparkling wine so the bubbles rise clean.
- 3.Add a few edible gold flakes to lift through the glass.
- 4.Garnish with a lemon twist.
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