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

[azurelunatic]

A cocktail lounge in the hotel sounds extremely plausible and perfect! There's a convention that I used to go to when I lived near San Francisco that uses the same hotel most times, and the main dining area is just off the lobby, behind a bar space, and it converts between dining and bar/lounge based on the time of day, who is there, and what they're ordering. At certain times of day it's nearly deserted, particularly after the last lunches have trailed off and before people wrap up their work day and start getting snacks, libations, and dinner.

I was thinking similarly, that the hotel kitchen would have all the equipment to do some pretty avant-garde things for fancy drinks. And that opens the door to full-on molecular gastronomy as well as sugar work and creatively cut garnishes.

Storm Dragon sounds like an excellent opportunity for spherified elements and mix/match alcohol/not: make popping boba out of lemon syrup and a limoncello syrup, make little sphere ice cubes, and carbonate the selected boba on the spot for extra wind as desired. Garnish with a candied lemon peel strip, bonus points for zigzag shape, probably cut out with a wave knife. It could also be served with a vapor element.

Clout could be a Long Island iced tea with passionfruit (for the pun on the French spell name which involves passion as a meaning) and maybe raspberry; Chambord is a classic raspberry liqueur and quite dark. There could be pop rock style candy involved to make it Extra. Also easy to make non-alcoholic by using regular iced tea with the same fruit mix in nonalcoholic syrups.

[soc_puppet]

Excellent, cocktail lounge it is!

I love both of those cocktail ideas 😃

Tell me, how bad of an idea would it be to include a small cube of dry ice in any given cocktail? Do you know?

[azurelunatic]

It's frequently done but should be done with caution and make sure that the drinkholder knows that they must not consume the dry ice or let it come into contact with any body part they care about

[soc_puppet]

In that case, I'm pretty sure I'll skip it; like activated charcoal, the health risks outweigh the coolness factor.

[azurelunatic]

I could see it being safely used in a punch bowl controlled by the bartender, or used to keep cool a group of drinks that are allowed to sit and evaporate before they're served, but yeah, probably best to avoid.

https://www.cocktailsafe.org/ is a great resource for miscellaneous safety tips and double-checking a specific item that seems awesome but risky.