Earthquake (cocktail)

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The Tremblement de Terre (or "Earthquake") Cocktail has been attributed to the French Post-Impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.^[1] The name is derived from its effects, which tend to "shake up" the drinker.

In a wine goblet mix:

• 3 parts Absinthe
• 3 parts Cognac

[edit] Variants

• It is sometimes served with ice cubes or shaken in a cocktail shaker filled with ice to chill it before serving.
• Another drink that is also called "Earthquake":
  • 1 part gin
  • 1 part whiskey
  • 1 part Pernod liquorice liqueur

[edit] See also

• List of cocktails

[edit] References