In a world of five dollar schooners and moth-inhabited wallets, it can be easy to forget just how expensive some punter’s alcoholic tastes may be. No, we’re not talking about $16 cocktails (although, those really do tend to break the bank), apparently the odd drink can rack up a fee larger than that first home repayment.
Take a look at the following budget-busting concoctions, sip on your five-buck-chuck and dream of a day when these poisons of choice may touch your blistered lips.
Original Mai Tai
Price: $1,303 AU
Why? Initially created by a 1940s American restauranteur “Trader Vic Bergeon”, this dazzling drink was conceived long before your own mother . Given that there are only six remaining bottles of the rare Jamaican rum ingredient left in the world, it seems Trader Vic Bergeon was more of an entrepeneur than any thing else. Ja-making us crazy! Ka-ching.
Diamond is Forever Martini
Price: $23,252 AU
Why? The Japanese are renowned for their innovation for a reason. This cocktail offers Tokyo contenders an experience like no other, the abilitt to sip from a glass containing an ever so flawless one-carat ‘James Bond jewel’ diamond floating amongst Grey Goose Vodka. Warning: Severe (and expensive) Choking Hazard.
Ritz-Paris Sidecar
Price: $1,718 AU
Why? The pure fact that this beverage is only available in France should make your wallet cringe in anticipation. Combining Cointreau, lemon juice and champagne bottled between 1830 and 1870, the bottles of champagne ingredients remain from a time hen German soldiers had occupied Bar Hemingway during World War II. Despite the dollar-bill disdain that this cocktail seems to ooze, bubbly from a time when contamination was at all an time high doesn’t seem too tantalising at all.
We’ll stick to the drink specials!
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