The Hang Glider cocktail
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Drink Recipe

The Hang Glider

A playful, dessert-style cocktail that pairs a velvety, sweet coffee-cream base with bright orange-citrus notes from vodka and blue curaçao. Visually striking: a dark coffee-cream "earth" layered beneath a chilled electric-blue "sky," finished with whipped-cream "clouds" and a mint-leaf "hang glider." Worth trying for its contrasting flavors and theatrical presentation that’s as fun to serve as it is to sip.

Ingredients

  • 0.5 oz Baileys® Original Irish Cream
  • 0.5 oz Kahlúa® Coffee Liqueur
  • 1 oz Orange Vodka
  • 0.125 oz Blue Curaçao Liqueur

Instructions

  1. Combine room-temperature Bailey's and Kahlua in the bottom of an aperitif glass, symbolizing the Earth.
  2. In a shaker cup over ice, combine orange vodka and Blue Curacao. Mix thoroughly until chilled.
  3. Carefully layer the chilled mixture over the Bailey's and Kahlua using the back of a spoon, symbolizing the sky.
  4. Top the layered drink with two or three dollops of whipped cream, representing clouds.
  5. Add a mint leaf cut cross-tip, representing the hang glider, atop the whipped cream for garnish.
Glass Aperitif Glass
Prep time 5 min
Difficulty medium
Garnish Whipped cream, Mint leaf
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