Paradise (cocktail)
| IBA Official Cocktail | |
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| Type | Cocktail |
| Primary alcohol by volume | |
| Served | Straight up; without ice |
| Standard drinkware |
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| IBA specified ingredients* |
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| Preparation | Shake together over ice. Strain into cocktail glass and serve chilled. |
| * Paradise recipe at International Bartenders Association | |
The Paradise is an IBA official cocktail, and is classified as a "pre-dinner" drink, an apéritif.
The earliest known in-print recipe for the Paradise Cocktail was written by Harry Craddock. This cocktail is prepared using gin, apricot brandy (apricot liqueur), and orange juice in a 2:1:1 ratio, with a splash of lemon juice.[1]
In Popular Culture
The Paradise cocktail plays a key part in the 1933 Warner Bros. romantic film One Way Passage as the drink of the two star-crossed lovers played by Kay Francis and William Powell.[2]
See also
References
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To view the ultimate Paradise Cocktail being made see the Academy Award winning film from 1932'One Way Passage' with William Powell& Kay Francis.In the introduction setup there is a bar scene in Shanghai in which the bartender does quite a performance in making the cocktail for William Powell while absently chatting away .It is a beautiful routine& the drink with shattered glasses & stems crossed is a running bit through the film about star crossed lovers going to their deaths...
