Miðnætursól — The Midnight Sun
Champagne with crowberry syrup, lemon zest, and rosemary — the color of the sun that never sets
Crowberries (krækiber) grow across Iceland's lava fields and are picked by hand every August.
Why this cocktail? Iceland's month of endless daylight, poured into a flute.
The Story
For a month each summer, the Icelandic sun refuses to set. Skies stay rose-gold at midnight. This champagne cocktail is that light, poured — dark crowberry syrup catching the bubbles into a warm sunset color, lemon zest for the salt of the coast, rosemary for the wild highland herb. A toast for the room, the season, and the country that gave both to the world.
Read Full Story →Ingredients
- 4 oz brut champagne or Icelandic sparkling wine
- 0.5 oz crowberry syrup (or wild blueberry syrup as substitute)
- Wide lemon twist
- Small rosemary sprig
Preparation
- 1.Pour crowberry syrup into a chilled flute.
- 2.Top slowly with champagne.
- 3.Express the lemon twist over the glass, drop it in.
- 4.Rest a small rosemary sprig across the rim.
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