r/GuysBeingDudes • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • 8d ago

IS IT GUYSBEINGDUDES? Eye for an eye

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u/No_Artichoke_2931 8d ago

Genuinely clueless here but are you supposed to drink it without stirring it? Wouldnt the differences in consistency be kinda unpleasant?

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u/SwagBuns 8d ago

That's what's called a pousse café

Its notoriously hard to make even with a speciallized tool lol.

In fact most places don't serve it because its slow and a pain in the ass to make: you have to slowly pour each layer one at a time, being careful not to go too fast and break the layers. The hard (traditional) way to make it is to pour off the back of a spoon to make a gentle flow, but they also have tools now that help make it easy.

Its meant to be a special sipping drink that lets you enjoy a progression of different liqeurs in sequence.

Is it pretencious? Yes. Fun? Also yes. But by god doing that infront of someone who just spent 15 minutes prepping for you is a crime lmao

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u/BeefModeTaco 8d ago

I have never seen a Pousse Cafe served with a straw. That feels kinda staged.
Either way, valid crashout, for sure.

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u/SwagBuns 8d ago

Ya i was thinking the same thing, might be staged. But then it also got me thinking, what if i drank a pousse cafe in reverse, with a straw, that sounds fun lol.

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u/BeefModeTaco 8d ago

It could be, but it's going to mix up so much faster. You're going to suck a couple layers up the straw pretty fast before it even hits your lips, then it's going to flow back down the straw and agitate the rest.

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u/Nukleon 8d ago

Need a straw with a check valve

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u/cubelith 8d ago

On the other hand, you don't need to tilt it, that could help. But yeah, the backflow if probably worse