# Absinthe Frappé

A bracing New Orleans cooler that softens absinthe’s anise and herbs with mint, sugar, soda, and crushed ice.

Strength: 23% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [Absinthe](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/absinthe.md)
- 15 ml [Simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/simple-syrup.md)
- 6 leaves [Mint](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/mint.md)
- 60 ml [Soda water](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/soda-water.md)

## Glassware

Old fashioned glass

## Garnish

- Mint sprig

## Method

1. Gently press the mint leaves with the simple syrup in a shaker.
2. Add the absinthe and ice, shake briefly, then fine-strain into an old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice.
3. Top with soda water, churn once, and crown with more crushed ice.

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- [John Collins](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/john-collins.md): A cooling gin, lemon, and soda highball with gentle sweetness and plenty of ice.
- [Absinthe Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/absinthe-cocktail.md): Anisette and aromatic bitters season a water-softened absinthe base in this short, shaken modern metric reading of the recipe Jerry Thomas published.
- [Gin Fizz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-fizz.md): A brisk gin and lemon highball lengthened with lively soda.
- [Parisian Dispatch](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/parisian-dispatch.md): Sother Teague turns blanc vermouth, absinthe, orgeat, and soda into a pale, mint-crowned highball that is long, aromatic, and genuinely low proof.
- [Gin Rickey](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-rickey.md): The austere Washington highball brightens dry gin with fresh lime and cold soda, preserving the Rickey's defining absence of sugar.
- [Japanese Whisky Highball](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/japanese-whisky-highball.md): Japan's precise, food-friendly whisky-and-soda ritual turns chilled spirit, dense ice, and fierce carbonation into a dry, aromatic highball.
- [Orchard Street Cel’ry Soda](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/orchard-street-celry-soda.md): Amor y Amargo’s first menu stretched apple brandy and genever with saline celery, gingersnap bitters, and a dry charge of seltzer.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/absinthe-frappe
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/absinthe-frappe-39bda6a6.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.neworleans.com/drink/cocktails/absinthe-frappe/