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cocktail break: the 7.8

So this coming Tuesday is the 100-year anniversary of The Big One, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. This coming Tuesday is also the 34th anniversary of me, at which point I can no longer finesse being in my early 30s, and for which I will not be in SF. Which is making me very very sad. My personal theory is that I died in that quake and thus am freakishly obsessed with it. Like I decorate my home with pics of it.

So as I conceptually pull this drink out of my ass… I’m thinking disaster, crumbling things, despair. Nah? Okay then. Fire, in the Shiva way: destruction and birth and the whole Phoenix-from-the-ashes thing1. Also gold. Soot. Mint. 2 And it must be strong, very very strong.

The 7.8

— 2.5 shots vodka
— 1/2 shot Goldschlager
— rim: cinnamon; chili pepper
— garnish: mint leaf, ground black pepper
— glassware: martini glass

Prepare glass:
— Pour cinnamon into shallow dish. Moisten rim of martini glass using chili pepper and dip into cinnamon. (Alternatively, you can use water, or lemon/lime/orange wedge to wet glass. You can also add a teensy bit of powdered sugar to the cinnamon if you like.)

Shake it:
— Shake vodka and Goldschlager over ice, pour into glass. (Variation: Add splash sweet vermouth if you like.)

Finish:
— Lightly sprinkle a dash or two of pepper onto surface of drink. Splice a mint leaf and straddle over rim.

1 A pretty apt metaphor for present-day post-crash SF.
2 SF was originally called Yerba Buena. Or Mint.

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