Cava Cocktail

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i normally do not like the taste of blood oranges, but i am looking foward to trying this drink to see if it tastes good in a cocktail.

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Given blood oranges and even pre squeezed blood orange juice are just starting to make their way back into local markets - 'tis the winter season for those gems - I thought we'd give these festive looking cocktails a try at my house.

What we found is these are FANTABULOUS beverages! Beautiful to look at and perfect sweet / tart flavors; the citrus marries so well with the Cava. But it may be the bitters that make the beverage!

In the spirit of research given the recipe doesn't specify which brand of bitters to use, we made several of these drinks alternatively trying Peychaud, Angoustura, and Fee Bros Grapefruit Bitters. All modified the flavor just a tad and all were delicious.

A tough job that kind of "research" but we were happy to do it and drink the results to pass the "data" along!

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I had a luncheon and we tried 2 blood orange/champagne combinations and this was a winner. The other recipe (Tyler's Blood Orange Mimosa was sweeter. We liked the tart flavor and the bitters in this drink. Even those skeptical of the bitters agreed it made the drink better.