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New on the Menu: Five Milk Punches
Five restaurants create clear milk punches with unique twists.
In brief
Five restaurants create clear milk punches with unique twists. Five restaurants use milk or alternatives to make clear cocktails with distinct flavors. Originally reported by Nation's Restaurant News.
Milk Punch Trend
A milk punch is a clear cocktail made by adding dairy to a cocktail, letting the acid curdle the milk, and then slowly straining it.
Oddball's Pseudo-Banana
Logan Rodriguez, beverage director of Oddball in New York City, named his version the Pseudo-Banana based on his discovery that juiced jicama smells similar to a barely ripe banana.
Isla & Co. LES Espresso Martini Flight
At Isla & Co.LES in New York, Parched Hospitality Group beverage director Jeremy Ortiz offers an Espresso Martini Flight including the Coco Divine, a punch clarified by milk infused with smashed Australian Tim Tam cookies.
Factory at Night on Earth Blueberry Cheesecake
The Factory at Night on Earth in Los Angeles uses cream cheese instead of milk to make a clear cocktail that evokes the flavor of blueberry cheesecake.
Mileta's Eastern Promises
Mileta in Lexington, Ky., serves Eastern Promises, a milk punch named for a 2007 Viggo Mortensen film, starting with Slivovitz, an Eastern European plum spirit.
Little Torch's Coconut Milk Punch
Little Torch in Miami Beach, Fla., makes a milk punch with coconut milk that clarifies the drink without dairy.
Here's the gist
Five restaurants use milk or alternatives to make clear cocktails with distinct flavors.
