1- The Ritz Side Car in the Bar Hemingway at the Hotel Ritz, Paris
Price Tag: $515
Ingredients:
1830 Ritz Reserve cognac
Cointreau
A drop of freshly squeezed lemon
2- Magie Noir (Black Magic) at the Umbaba nightclub, London
Price Tag: $630
Ingredients:
Richard Hennessy cognac
Dom Perignon vintage champagne
Créme de mure blackberry liqueur
Lemon grass
Lychees
Extract of yohimbe bark
3- Martini on the Rock in the Blue Bar at the Algonquin Hotel, New York
Price Tag: $10,000
Ingredients:
Vodka
Dry vermouth
Olive
Enormous diamond
4- Sapphire Martini in the Mezz at Foxwoods Resort Casino, Connecticut Price Tag: $3,000
Ingredients:
Bombay Sapphire gin (or the patron’s choice of premium vodka)
Blue curaçao
A dash of dry vermouth
Blue sugar (for the rim of the glass)
Platinum-mounted diamond and sapphire earrings.
5- Dazzle at the Second Floor Bar in Harvey Nichols, Manchester
Price Tag: $51,200
Ingredients:
Rose champagne
Strawberry liqueur
Lychee liqueur
Lemon juice
Syrup
18-karat white-gold ring with pink tourmaline and diamond stones.
6- Sword Martinis at Jambu’s Bar in the Raffles Resort Canouan Island, Grenadines
Price Tag: $300
Ingredients (Classic):
Belvedere Vodka
Dry vermouth
Lemon twist
Cactaur root
7- The Red Ruby at Reserve, Chicago
Price Tag: $950
Ingredients:
Grey Goose L’Orange vodka
Hypnotiq cognac
Orange juice
Pama, a pomegranate liqueur
A splash of Dom Perignon champagne
8- Diamond Cocktail in the Piano Bar at the Sheraton Park Tower Hotel, London Price Tag: $4,350
Ingredients:
Charles Heidsieck Vintage 2001 Champagne
Remy Martin Louis XIII cognac
Angostura bitters
Sugar cube
Your choice of a diamond or ruby
9- Platinum Passion at Duvet, New York
Price Tag: $1,500
Ingredients:
L’Esprit de Courvoisier
Squeeze of lemon
Syrup of passion fruit, forest berries, wildflower honey, and brown sugar
Fill with Ruinart Champagne
10- Movida, a London nightclub catering only to the most affluent, has just launched Flawless, the most expensive Christmas cocktail in the world. At £35,000 (over $71,000 USD)
The cocktail’s less exciting ingredients include Louis XIII cognac (around $1,500 per bottle), Cristal Rose champagne (around $700 per bottle), angostura bitters ($100 to $200 per bottle) and brown sugar (a few bucks for a bag)