How to make the Trinidad Fizz
This drink’s not for everyone, but those who like it, love it.

This drink’s not for everyone, thanks to a large measure of aromatic bitters — something that Baker Jr. acknowledged, writing: “This mild fizz is again like initial olive sampling; either it suits or it doesn’t, and subsequent trials often show sudden shift [sic] to appreciation.”






Step by step: the Trinidad Fizz. Photos: Christopher Pearce
Trinidad Fizz recipe
Ingredients:
- 30ml of Angostura aromatic bitters
- 30ml lime
- 20ml Aquafab
- 15-20ml grenadine
- 15ml cream
Method:
- Pop a healthy pour of aromatic bitters into your shaker tin.
- Next, put the grenadine in.
- And the 15ml of cream.
- Then add the citrus — 30ml of lime juice.
- Then it's time for the Aquafab.
- Shake all ingredients with ice.
- Strain into a chilled Fizz glass and serve.
Adapted from Charles H. Baker’s Gentleman’s Companion.