Talk:Mimosa (cocktail)

Naming

I wonder how the cocktail got the name "mimosa"?

Because of the color of the leave of mimosa: genus of leguminous shrubs, 1731, coined in Mod.L. (1619) from L. mimus "mime" + -osa, adj. suffix (fem. of -osus); so called because some species (including the common Sensitive Plant) fold leaves when touched, seeming to mimic animal behavior. The alcoholic drink is so called from its yellowish color, which resembles that of the mimosa. [1] Iolakana•T 15:02, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Needs Work

This page needs some work.Sirlearnsalot 9 December 2006

Agreed. I just tagged it {{Template:Cocktails-expand|cocktails-expand}}. Hopefully that will encourage someone to do just that very thing. :-) --Willscrlt 13:06, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Shaken?

The infobox says it should be served "shaken"... why? you shouldn't shake it!

Measurements...

In the description text it says that it consists of three parts champagne to two parts orange juice, however in the sidebar it lists the amounts as one part each. This needs to be fixed to one or the other.

Thetruereddragon4 23:53, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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Copied material

The second and third paragraphs of the lead are basically copied and pasted from the footnote following the first paragraph. I assume this is considered bad form on Wikipedia and should be fixed ASAP. Is there a tag one can use to mark copyvios? Huw Powell (talk) 00:44, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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Thank you for getting that fixed! Huw Powell (talk) 02:52, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Neat, or straight up?

The infobox here says the drink is served neat, but the Bartending terminology page says that neat means "a single, unmixed liquor served without being chilled and without any water, ice, or other mixer." The mimosa is a mixed drink, and is served chilled, both of which seem to contradict the idea that it is served neat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:150:C100:590:CD1E:2352:EE84:DDD7 (talk) 15:52, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

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Re: Mixing ratio

The mixing ratio varies

Am I strange in thinking this is unusual? I've always thought there's an average mixing ratio that everyone can agree upon. Does it vary in this instance due to other factors? Viriditas (talk) 08:57, 14 May 2024 (UTC)