Being made with a base ingredient (Champagne), a sweetener (sugar), and a dash or two of bitters, the recipe for the Champagne Cocktail truly illustrates the basics that were once considered requisite for any drink in the "Cocktail" category.

The Champagne Cocktail is perhaps one of the easiest cocktails to make, with virtually no hassle or even additional equipment or tools. Start off by taking a single sugar cube, and while holding it over the opening of a bottle of Angostura bitters, invert the bottle so that some bitters soaks directly into the sugar. Drop the cube into the bottom of a champagne flute, and then fill the glass with champagne. For a garnish, you can add a dainty spiral of lemon twist