Andreas Toft
@andreasttoft.bsky.social
29, Danish. Cocktail enthusiast. Antique barware and glassware collector. Music and history buff. Studying Bachelor of Arts in English.
It is this article you are talking about, right?
So it actually originated in NY, but was not called the Obituary cocktail until the 1940s? Did they merely call it a Martini w/ absinthe in New Orleans before that? Or did it not reach New Orleans until the 1940s?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/d...
So it actually originated in NY, but was not called the Obituary cocktail until the 1940s? Did they merely call it a Martini w/ absinthe in New Orleans before that? Or did it not reach New Orleans until the 1940s?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/d...
The New Orleans Drink That’s Back From the Dead
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It is this article you are talking about, right?
So it actually originated in NY, but was not called the Obituary cocktail until the 1940s? Did they merely call it a Martini w/ absinthe in New Orleans before that? Or did it not reach New Orleans until the 1940s?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/d...
So it actually originated in NY, but was not called the Obituary cocktail until the 1940s? Did they merely call it a Martini w/ absinthe in New Orleans before that? Or did it not reach New Orleans until the 1940s?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/d...
How sad. Are we talking a 1:1 Dry Martini with a splash of absinthe here or the earlier sweet vermouth version? I did a quick Google search and the mentioned origin story behind the Blood Mary was the first story I came across – so it must be quite ubiquitous. Is the drink named after Mary Tudor?
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
How sad. Are we talking a 1:1 Dry Martini with a splash of absinthe here or the earlier sweet vermouth version? I did a quick Google search and the mentioned origin story behind the Blood Mary was the first story I came across – so it must be quite ubiquitous. Is the drink named after Mary Tudor?
It’s even an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.
September 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s even an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.