Grandma’s Breakfast

Long Winded Instructions

I think most of us picture Grandma sitting at the breakfast nook with a sugar coated grapefruit, a glass of Prosecco, and a smile. Good times! When we set out to create a grapefruit based cocktail, we wanted to honor Grandma by delivering something well balanced and reminiscent of her favorite breakfast. And I think Grandmas everywhere will celebrate when you make one of these for them. Start by gathering the freshest, loveliest, most bitter grapefruits you can find. Don’t worry, we’re gonna dial it back in the mix. Grab a good lime while you’re at it. Also vodka, Prosecco, and simple syrup. If you don’t have Prosecco, you should be ashamed of yourself, but you can easily substitute champagne or sparkling wine. You want the best for Grandma, but no need to break out the Dom Perignon in this case.

You’ll need simple syrup as well, which is just equal parts sugar and water, mixed until dissolved.

Combine all of that stuff I just mentioned in your shaker with some ice. Shake it like you’re at a Glen Miller concert. This should serve to make everything nice and cold, which is preferred for this sort of thing.

Now, you can sweeten things up a skosh with a sugar rim. Run a grapefruit wedge around the glass rim to deposit some of the bitter, bitter juice. Then dab that thing in the sugar. It should stick and will make your presentation look so decadent that Gatsby himself would be pleased.

Now for the garnish. That’s Grandma’s favorite part. Skewer a grapefruit wedge and lime wedge on a fancy toothpick and sit it right on top of the drink.

You’re done! Now just hand it to Grandma and let her enjoy. Go ahead and hand it over… to Grandma. You’re not handing it over. Ok there ya go.