Described by the New York Times as a modern classic, the Jasmine was created by bartender Paul Harrington in the early 1990s. It was named for one of Paul’s college friends and quickly became popular all over the US through word of mouth. Its place in cocktail folklore was cemented in 1998 when the Bellagio Casino, of Ocean’s Eleven fame, opened a Chinese restaurant named Jasmine and made Paul’s invention the signature cocktail.
The ingredients in this cocktail should be familiar to most people who love a good mixed drink, but perhaps not in this combination. Together, they create a delicious balance of sweet, aromatic, bitter and bright, all wrapped up in a sophisticated little sipper – we think the coupe glass adds to the effect.
