Green Spider
Description
Green Spider is an impressive cocktail born in America in the 1960s. It's a drink with strong visual and taste impact, combining vodka's transparent, clean flavor with the vibrant green color and intense refreshment of green mint liqueur. Like someone who feels happiness when wrapped in love, it harmonizes beautiful colors with a pure, transparent base, providing healing and comfort to the drinker. Beloved as an after-dinner drink, it's a special cocktail perfect for palate cleansing and mood refreshing, allowing full appreciation of mint's charm.
Origin
Country of Origin: United States （1960年代）
Born in 1960s America when bartenders were exploring new cocktails using vibrant green mint liqueur. Named 'Green Spider' from how vodka's transparency and mint liqueur's beautiful green color mixed beautifully like a spider's web. Initially served as an after-dinner drink in upscale restaurants and bars, captivating many enthusiasts with its intense impression and refreshing sensation. Now also beloved as a birthday cocktail, continuing to be cherished as a cocktail expressing happiness wrapped in love.
Birth Date Meaning
A person who becomes happy when wrapped in love
Like this cocktail where the clear transparency of vodka beautifully harmonizes with the vibrant green of mint liqueur, it represents someone who accepts love with a pure heart and naturally feels happiness when wrapped in that warmth. Just as mint's refreshing aroma spreads, it signifies a personality that displays their true charm when in a loving environment and provides healing and comfort to those around them
Famous Quotes
- "Love colors the heart with the most beautiful hues" - American bartender's maxim
Trivia
- Green Spider's name comes from how the vibrant green of mint liqueur beautifully spreads like a spider's web
- Born in America in the 1960s, initially enjoyed as an after-dinner drink
- Mint liqueur mainly uses Crème de Menthe (peppermint) or Crème de Menthe Verte (green mint)
- Despite strong alcohol content, mint's refreshing quality makes it feel approachable
- Some bartenders add a small amount of absinthe to create a more complex flavor
Recipe
Ingredients:
- Vodka - 45 ml
- Green Mint Liqueur (Crème de Menthe Verte) - 15 ml
Instructions:
- Thoroughly chill cocktail glass in freezer
- Add ice to shaker
- Add vodka and green mint liqueur
- Shake vigorously
- Double strain into chilled cocktail glass
- Garnish with fresh mint leaves and lime peel