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Sips & Synopsis - This Weeks Makings
βοΈ Whatβs in Your Glass This Week...
As the sun starts to dip earlier and the shadows grow longer, weβre swapping bright citrus and berries for richer fruit and a slower pace. This week, weβre going deep, into figs, plums, and grapes - and making drinks that taste like the golden hour in a glass.
βοΈ 3 lush, fruit-forward cocktails starring figs, plums & grapes
βοΈ 1 mocktail with end-of-summer elegance
βοΈ A story about embracing this in-between season
βοΈ 2 links to elevate your late-summer sipping
βοΈ A quote and a trivia question worth savoring
Letβs raise a glass to these final, magical sips of summer.
Trivia Questionβ
Which Mediterranean country is known for producing the most figs in the world?
Answer at the bottom of the newsletter
Drink of the Week: Fig & Bourbon
Earthy, sweet, and slightly spicy - this cocktail is fall-curious, but still firmly rooted in late summer.
Ingredients:
2 oz bourbon
1 ripe fig, halved
0.75 oz lemon juice
0.5 oz honey or fig syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Garnish: fig slice or sprig of rosemary
Directions:
Muddle the fig with honey and lemon juice in a shaker.
Add bourbon, bitters, and ice.
Shake well, then strain into a rocks glass over ice.
Garnish with a fig slice or rosemary sprig.
Itβs bold, juicy, and endlessly sippable. Like your favorite playlist with a touch of soul.
π Bonus Cocktails
1. Sparkling Grape & Thyme Spritz
2 oz white grape juice
1 oz dry vermouth
1 oz club soda or tonic
2 sprigs thyme
Shake grape juice and vermouth with ice and a thyme sprig. Strain, top with soda, garnish with grapes and fresh thyme.
2. Plum & Gin Cooler
2 ripe plums, pitted and muddled
2 oz gin
0.5 oz lime juice
0.5 oz simple syrup
Muddle plums, shake with gin, lime, syrup. Strain into a highball with ice, top with soda water.
πΉ Mocktail Moment: Blackberry Fig Fizz
1 ripe fig
4 blackberries
0.5 oz lemon juice
0.5 oz honey or agave
Sparkling water to top
Muddle fruit and sweetener, shake with lemon and ice, strain into a coupe, top with sparkling water, and garnish with a berry or edible flower.
This Is the Sweet Spot
Thereβs something magical about late August. The light changes. The air gets heavier - but more golden. Summerβs not over, but itβs whispering its exit.
This week, I picked some figs from my neighbors tree and was gifted some plums from my momβs little orchard in Morton, WA. I really didnβt have a big plan, just a craving for something rich and velvety. I came home, muddled the figs with honey and bourbon, and one sip later, I realizedβ¦ this is the cocktail that defines the season. Not high-octane. Not too sweet. Just balanced, dark, and soulful.
Weβre in the sweet spotβthe moment before everything shifts. And that deserves a drink worth remembering.
ποΈ Elevate Your End-of-Summer Bar
π₯ Cocktail Muddler & Mixing Spoon Set β sturdy and stylish, perfect for figs, plums, herbs, and berries
π₯ Lowball Glass Set (8.5 oz) β simple, elegant glasses that make every sip feel like a moment
βAugust rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time."
π‘ Answer to Trivia Question:
Turkey! The country produces more figs than any other nation - accounting for nearly a quarter of global fig production.
π Closing Time
So hereβs to figs, fading light, and the drinks that help us linger in the moment. Let your cocktails get darker, your glassware get heavier, and your evenings stretch just a little longer.
Because summer doesnβt leave all at once.
It eases out, one beautiful sip at a time.
Cheers,
Andrea
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