Mimosa Recipe
Amazing Mimosa for Sunday Brunch
Today, I will teach you how to make my all time favorite mimosa. I
love preparing this drink when I have friends over for Sunday brunch.
It's just so easy to make, it looks good, and most importantly, tastes
delicious!
Before we jump right into the recipe of this outstanding drink, let's
have a look at the history of how Mimosa was invented.
We do need to give a bit of appreciation here to whoever created this
drink as since then, we're allowed to start with alcohol from morning
without judgements (hahah).
History of Mimosa
As with many popular cocktails, the origin story of the Mimosa is
somewhat debated. However, most credit Frank Meier, a bartender at the
Ritz Hotel in Paris, with creating the cocktail in 1925.
The recipe is exceptionally simple, calling for equal parts champagne
and orange juice.
But Meier's Mimosa wasn't the first drink with these ingredients. The
Mimosa was an adaptation of the already popular Buck's Fizz cocktail,
invented in 1921 at Buck’s Club in London.
The only difference between these two drinks is the ratio of
ingredients.
A Buck’s Fizz calls for twice as much champagne as juice. So if you
prefer a heavy champagne pour in your drink, your brunch cocktail might
actually be closer to a Buck’s Fizz than a traditional Mimosa.
Meier published the Mimosa recipe in his 1936 book, “The Artistry of
Mixing Drinks,” a guide that outlined cocktail recipes and good manners.
The book also contained the recipe for another famous cocktail Meier is
credited with inventing, the Bee’s Knees.
The Bee's Knees became a popular Prohibition Era cocktail, made with
gin, fresh lemon juice, and honey.
Learn more.
Mimosa Ratio
The perfect ratio of orange juice to sparkling wine depends on you! We
like to make ours with mostly sparkling wine and just a splash of orange
juice to top it off. But other people like their mimosas heavier on the
orange juice with only a little sparkling wine.
To find the perfect balance we recommend starting with a 50/50 ratio.
Fill half of your glass with sparkling wine and half with orange juice.
From there you can experiment with more wine or more orange juice,
depending on your taste.