The Ingredients

75 ml Champagne, 75 ml Orange Juice

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How to make

Ensure both ingredients are well chilled, and then mix together in a Champagne flute.  Add the sparkling wine first, and then top with orange juice. This way, the cocktail mixes together on its own and won’t make a sticky mess at the top of the glass. No need to stir as this will cause the wine to become flat.  Serve cold.

Did you know

Whreas a Bucks Fizz has a 2:1 orange juice to Champagne ratio, a Mimosa has a 1:1 ratio. The Mimosa cocktail is believed to have been invented circa 1925 in the Hotel Ritz Paris by Frank Meier. The name comes from the Acacia dealbata, a species of Australian shrub favoured by French gardeners; its flowers are, well, Mimosa-coloured.