This Is How To Make It!

A brand new series with a hands on approach to cocktail making by stop motion animation. These short animations will be featured on a very irregular basis on @mobilita.studio on Instagram. First up is the classic Dubonnet Cocktail. Of Course, if you prefer it is also made as a cocktail print.

Dubonnet was created in 1846 after a competition was held by the French government with a prize for anyone who could make a palatable quinine-rich drink. The French colonists in North Africa were suffering greatly from malaria and the only known cure was the incredibly bitter bark from the South American cinchona tree. The aim was to create a drink with enough of the quinine to help the French combat malaria but still be enjoyable enough to be used voluntarily.

Joseph Dubonnet created his Dubonnet by mixing Roussillon wines from five different grapes, blending them with herbs and spices like cocoa beans, colombo (a mild type of curry powder), orange peel, Colombian green coffee, cinnamon, camomille and elderflower. He then left it to mature in oak vats for three to four years.

The Dubonnet cocktail first appeared in print in 1914 in a book simply called Drinks by Jacques Straub but no one knows who first created it.