Tuesday's Timeless Tipple: Ramos Fizz

Where will you find many of the world's best bartenders, the majority of the cocktail writers, experts and enthusiasts this week? In New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail, of course. There will be no shortage of coverage here and all over the web and I thought that an appropriate Timeless Tipple to get things started would be the Ramos Fizz, aka New Orleans Fizz.

This cocktail is one of those classics that set the scene for the famous cocktails of New Orleans and it all began before the turn of the 20th century. That is when Henry Ramos first created the drink and it has been a hit ever since. The key to a great Ramos Fizz is two-fold:a careful use of orange flower water and a hearty shake. If you stick to the fine-tuned recipe and shake until you think your arm is going to fall off you will have one great tasting New Orleans cocktail.