The color often referred to as mint green doesn’t really have anything to do with the color of a mint leaf. It is however the color you get when shaking up a Grasshopper cocktail. Made with equal parts green Crème de menthe, white Crème de cacao and cream it is perfect as an after dinner cocktail and can easily double as a liquid dessert.

The Grasshopper is yet another cocktail from New Orleans, created at the city’s second oldest restaurant Tujague’s, opened in 1856. The Grasshopper was invented by Philibert Guichet Jr. in 1919 for a cocktail competition in New York where it won second prize. Unfortunately it took until the 1950s for the cocktail to become well known and it had its peak during the disco craze of the 1970s and the pastel age of the 1980s.

The glass called Ollo was designed by Alessandro Mendini in 1986 for Studio Alchimia, a precursor to the Memphis Group.

Product information

This is one in a series of illustrations of classic cocktail recipes with a selection of the most beautifully designed glasses.

The size 40x50 cm (approx 16x20”) are signed and printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Bright White 310g archival paper and are sold in a limited edition of 50 prints.

The size 30x40 cm (approx 12x16”) are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Studio Enhanced 210g archival paper.