The Tremblement de Terre (or "Earthquake") Cocktail has been attributed to the French Post-Impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The name is derived from its effects, which tend to "shake up" the drinker. A Hundred Years of Independence by Henri Rousseau Post-Impressionism is a term applied to painting styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries — after Impressionism. ... Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec [äNrē du tOOlOOz lōtrek] (November 24, 1864 – September 9, 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator, whose immersion in the decadent and theatrical life of fin de siècle Paris yielded an oeuvre of provocative images of modern life. ...

In a wine goblet mix:

• 3 parts Absinthe
• 3 parts Cognac

A reservoir glass filled with a naturally coloured verte next to an absinthe spoon. ... Cognac is a commune in the French département of Charente, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ...

Variants

• It is sometimes served with ice cubes or shaken in a cocktail shaker filled with ice to chill it before serving.

Links

• List of cocktails