Sunday, December 6, 2009

Definition of Terms, Co

Cocktail Straw is a short, soda straw, that is used in drinks that are served in a short glass.

Cocoanut Liqueur is a liquor made from cocoanut milk and pulp, and is used in: Cafe Capri.

Coffee comes from a fruit-bearing, evergreen tree that originated in Ethiopia; the cherry-like fruit is dried and ground. Coffee is made by perking 1 cup (8 ounces) cold water, and 2 tablespoons ground coffee in an electric coffee pot for each 1 1/3 cup of coffee desired. (A cup is only filled 2/3 full of coffee when liquor or liqueur is added, therefore, 1/'3 cup of coffee remains.) Coffee is used in: Brandy and Coffee, Cafe Capri, Cafe Brulot, Cognac and Coffee, French Coffee, Irish Coffee and Liqueur and Coffee.

Coffee Liqueur is a sweet, chocolate-coffee flavored liqueur, and is used in: Black Russian, King Alfonce, King Alfonce (on-the-rocks), Liqueur and Coffee, Smith and Kearns and White Russian.

Cognac is a brandy that originated in a town named Cognac, in France, and is used in: Cafe Brulot and Cognac and Coffee.

Cola is a carbonated drink made with an extract from the nuts of the Kola tree and from the ground seeds of the tropical Cacao tree. The seeds of the Cacao tree are roasted, and the fat content removed; the remainder is ground and called cocoa. The Kola tree is native to Africa, and is cultivated for it's nutty fruit in the West Indies and South America. The nut of the Kola tree has a high caffeine content. Cola is used as a mix in: Cuba Libra.

Collins Glass is a tall, straight, soda glass, sometimes, frosted a white color.

Corkscrew is an instrument especially designed to remove the corks from wine bottles. The easiest, and perhaps quickest, corkscrew is one whose lip fits over the bottle, and as the top is screwed into the cork, two side pieces gradually lift, to enable the user to, simply, lower the side pieces; as the side pieces lower, the cork is automatically withdrawn from the bottle.

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