Three ingredients and a lemon twist are all you need for this essential Champagne cocktail.

The sparkling wine adds a bright acidity that’s balanced by the bitter and aromatic notes of angostura bitters.

A sugar cube offsets these bold flavors with the perfect hint of sweetness.

two champagne coupes with classic champagne cocktail

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Ingredients

1sugar cube

5dashesangosturabitters

1/2cupplus2Tbsp.

)brut Champagne, chilled

Lemon twist

Directions

Add ingredients to glass.

Place sugar cube in bottom of a coupe glass; add bitters.

ingredients for champagne cocktail

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Finish with Champagne and garnish:

Top with chilled Champagne.

Garnish with a lemon twist.

sugar cube and bitters in a champagne glass

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pouring champagne into coupe

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