Make the sexiest summer cocktails using St-Germain. The most delicious liqueur ever made.
Made from hand harvested elderflowers the flavor is divine.
We’re totally crazy for St-Germain –it’s not too sweet, softly floral but not cloying. Plus, we look like cocktail geniuses when everyone wants to know what that hard to place but yummy flavor is in their glass.
As the maker describes it:
“Neither passionfruit nor pear, grapefruit nor lemon, the sublime taste of
St-Germain hints at each of these and yet none of them exactly. It is a flavor
as subtle and delicate as it is captivating. A little like asking a hummingbird
to describe the flavor of its favorite nectar. Très curieux indeed, n’est-ce pas?”
And, since we’re always watching our pennies, we use it to liven up inexpensive spirits. Add to a low cost sparkling wine or Sauvignon Blanc for a festive and delicious mix. Or say goodbye to overplayed cosmos and use it to make a killer vodka or gin cocktail.
And, not to be shallow or anything, you have to admit that the bottle is gorgeous. Wouldn’t you want it sitting out on your cocktail tray with beautiful champagne glasses, gleaming zests of lemon and a handful of fresh mint just so you could take a picture?
Add a splash of St-Germain and elevate your summer cocktails to a new level.
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A bottle of St. Germain has yet another beautiful function. After you have drained the spirits, take the bottle and use it to make your own elegant bath salts. A half gallon of Epsom salts is about $3.00 (or you could splurge and get Dead Sea Salts, etc. (Many massage supply shops and places like Whole Foods carry them.) Pour in the salts about half way, add some drops of essential oils, shake, add more salt, add more scent…..) Elegance on a beggars budget. And oh BTW, if you make friends with a local bartender–you might just ask him/her to save any empty pretty liquor bottles for you—and then go by on a regular basis to pick them up. That’s how I got my first bottles….
If you want to take the home spa thing to the next level, you might consider making your own bath fizzies. I had an expensive $8.00/bath bomb habit going on down at my local LUSH. Now–after finding the recipe on the internet–I make about a dozen big bath bombs for the cost of one at LUSH! SUper easy to make–and if you want to have a fun get together with your gal pals , have them come over and make some to take home.
Enjoy!