There’s something undeniably elegant about a Champagne Cocktail. Timeless and minimal, it’s a drink that dates back to at least 1862—proof that great taste never goes out of style. With just three ingredients, this cocktail delivers surprising complexity: a sugar cube kissed with bitters and topped with bubbly. Whether you serve it in a traditional flute or go rogue with a rocks glass, you’ll feel like a classic cocktail pro in no time.

Champagne Cocktail

serves 1

INGREDIENTS

1 sugar cube
3 dashes aromatic bitters
Top with chilled bubbly 

RECIPE

Place the sugar cube in a champagne flute. Douse with the bitters. Top with the bubbly. You’re a cocktail pro now—you’re thinking, “This sounds like an Old- Fashioned. Shouldn’t it be in a rocks glass?” Well, I think that’s a splendid idea.

Recipe by Jessica Schacht from The Five-Bottle Bar, copyright © 2022 by Jessica Schacht.