Miraculous Cocktails?

[soc_puppet]

Hi there! As setup for a story I'm working on, I'm looking for help coming up with some Miraculous-themed cocktails. Specifically, I was thinking of theming them after the various attacks the Parisian superheroes use. The problem is, I know next to nothing about fancy alcoholic drinks! Or even mundane alcoholic drinks, for that matter. I'd love at least four drink ideas for my story, and anyone who helps will be credited in the opening notes. The characters appearing in the fic will be Alya, Marinette, Nino, and Adrien, and Alya is doing a story on the new cocktails for the Ladyblog.

My thoughts so far:

Cataclysm - The drink cannot be made black with activated charcoal, even though it fits both the color scheme and thematically. (I plan to touch on the possibility in the fic, as well as why it's a bad idea.) I'm still thinking a dark colored drink garnished with something bright green (a sprig of basil or mint, or a lime wedge), but am open to suggestions! Reversing the color scheme and making it with absinthe might also be a possibility.

Lucky Charm - My first thought was a mix with something red (raspberry syrup? Grenadine? Pomegranate?), garnished with black cherries for the spots.

Clout - Whatever else is going on with this drink, it would be a good one to really pack a punch 😉 Probably something purple for a garnish, but darker reds or pinks could also work.

Time Tunnel - Needs to be garnished with fresh thyme. No arguments. Might be good as a layered drink, especially if there can be two thin bands of color suspended in it, to represent the tunnel openings.

Second Chance - Also a good option to use thyme if we can find a way, but for the garnish I'm actually thinking of a cucumber slice cut into a spiral to look sorta like a snake.

Storm Dragon - Lemon for lightning, ice for water, extra carbonation(?) for wind; available in combinations, or as single elements. Lightning/Water would have ice and lemon, for example, but only normal carbonation.

Mirage - I feel like this one should have a color fade from or into orange. I know orange juice is sometimes used as a mixer, so maybe some of that?

Multitude - Served in multiple tiny shot glasses 😜 Okay, three is probably the smart limit, with five stretching things a bit, and all half-full.

Shelter - Maybe a jello shot variation? Something that puts a thin barrier over the top of the drink would be cool, anyway.



Those are the only ones I have any ideas on so far; the characters don't necessarily have to drink the cocktail that corresponds to their identity, either.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

squid ink? pls observe I know nothing about what its flavor is except that it has one, but depending on how strong a colorant it is, one might not need more than a drop per drink, and that might dilute the flavor into irrelevance?

Venom should have a sting to it somehow

I forget what the Ox power is called but I'm thinking nonalcoholic? since the power is immunity to magic, but also there could easily be problems inherent in equating alcoholic drinks to magic, idk

[soc_puppet]

I think I read that squid ink can taste kinda fish-y/salty? Which is not something I normally associate with alcoholic beverages, TBH.

A salted rim for Venom, maybe? That'd probably sting like the dickens if you have a cut on your lip or something. Not that the alcohol wouldn't, mind...

Oh, huh, that's an option; there should probably be at least one option for sober people anyway. There's also the thing where the Rat hitched a ride on the Ox to get to the banquet with God, so it would be fun to lean into that by making Ox drinks for designated drivers 😂

On that note, I might also make Shelter non-alcoholic, depending on if I want to go with Muslim!Nino for this fic. Come to think of it, it might also be nice to make Shelter vegan for similar reasons: Someone's going to want the option, and it can help out people with other restricted diets if they still want something fun to drink with their friends or whoever.

[soc_puppet]

Oh! Tea! A black tea syrup, maybe. Perhaps with a bit of catnip tea mixed in, because obviously.

[azurelunatic]

If I already had sugar glass domes, I would have a lovely green drink in a deep glass, then place a sugar dome upside-down on top as a bowl, filled with the black tea syrup. Then you strike the middle of the dome to shatter it and drop the black tea syrup into the green drink.

And the Shellter drink would have some kind of smoke or flavored vapor underneath the dome.