Name a cocktail! In need of creative input...

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Friends!

I need your help!

The neighbors and us are having a big Easter celebration.  It features an egg hunt for the kids, chocolate for the kids, and lots of eating and drinking for the adults.

So what's the quandry?  I am bringing a coffee-based cocktail and need a clever, thematic name. One neighbor is bringing a drink called the Mango Martyr.  I have to top that one.

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The drink.  It's simple really.  Coffee, cream, hazelnut syrup, and brandy.

So I need a Easter themed name.  It does not have to be politically correct.

All I have right now is "Bitter Cross" or "Muddy Tomb." 

 You see why I need help?

Comments

Oooh! Like yours Stellaa!

Aaron, I'll make inquiries, but I have a hard time thinking of anyone who would entertain the idea of drinking 'the chalkboard.'

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 12:37 PM

Bunny-Tini (Martini with a "peep" in it!)

LadyMiko

APRIL 10, 2009 12:37 PM

Bitter Cross and Muddy Tomb both beat the pants off of the Mango Martyr, so I think you're set.

You could call it the Zombie Killer: it works with both the rising from the dead angle as well as the whole coffee-based drink thing. But then again, the fact that I felt I needed to explain the joke might mean something.

shaggylocks

APRIL 10, 2009 12:42 PM

Java Jesus
or
Cup o' Joseph of Nazareth

shaggylocks

APRIL 10, 2009 12:43 PM

I like Zombie Killer as a drink name. But I don't think that sounds like a coffee based drink. I'm thinking more of a Halloween, gin-based drink...

Buni-tini! Love it! Might try that too!

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 12:44 PM

Karin, I'm in love with you. I don't know which one I like better!

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 12:47 PM

The Gethsemene Gulp
Pilates' Poison
the Judas Kiss

SFine really

APRIL 10, 2009 12:53 PM

Here's a take off Stellaa's. How about Muddy Bloody Nutty Nazarene?

muddy=coffee, bloody=brandy, nutty=hazelnut syrup

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 12:54 PM

Rise and Shine

SFine really

APRIL 10, 2009 12:56 PM

keep it simple at Nutty Nazarene

SFine really

APRIL 10, 2009 12:59 PM

This will take a bit of explaining... On a different Salon forum, I read a story about someone who convinced a gullible friend that the reason we have Easter bunnies is because of the legend of rabbits finding and digging up Jesus before his Resurrection. One of my contributions to the discussion was that this would make a good Easter-time children's cartoon, titled "The Day the Bunnies Dug Up Jesus."

I think that if you added a couple of mini-marshmallows on top of your coffee drink, called it Bunny Digging For Jesus, you'd have a winner. But maybe that's too complicated...

Rob St. Amant

APRIL 10, 2009 01:07 PM

Rob, I started laughing hysterically to the bunnies digging up Jesus. Then my five year old has to ask what's so funny. I had to change the subject instead of telling her the Easter Bunny digs up corpses.

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 01:30 PM

I think Rise and Shine is good too. Maybe more of a citrus-based drink though...

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 01:31 PM

nah, I think shine in this context is definitely about caffeine and that special glow from rising from the dead.

SFine really

APRIL 10, 2009 01:53 PM

(I got nuthin' after all these hysterical names). I just wanted to add that chocolate sprinkles on top would be the perfect addition to the Bunny-Tini, to, you know. Approximate the Sacred Droppings of The Bunnies of the Resurrection.

Verbal Remedy AKA Denise

APRIL 10, 2009 01:59 PM

I suppose this is totally out of the question... Stewed Brewed Jew.

Okay, sorry. Coffee, syrup, brandy... how about the Tripple Cross.

Sally Swift

APRIL 10, 2009 02:04 PM

Oh (gasping for air) this post and comments are HYSTERICAL!

Saviour's Sludge ?

Cherie Siebert 'artsfish'

APRIL 10, 2009 02:06 PM

I love the Triple Cross. Makes it sound tasty!

Savior's Sludge is good too. How about Christ Died for Your Sins Sludge? It reminds me of the Barbara Kingsolver book with the character who owned the 'Jesus is Lord Tire Store.'

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 02:17 PM

hee! Yes , I like your longer version.

also - when selecting drinks - W.W.J.D?

(What Would Jesus Drink?)

Cherie Siebert 'artsfish'

APRIL 10, 2009 02:20 PM

How about "Fit to be dyed?" (I was trying for an Easter Egg theme...)

or less thematically correct: "MochaNut... Woooosh!"

ktm

APRIL 10, 2009 02:32 PM

Cafe Brande-syrup-licious

Poet of Logan Square

APRIL 10, 2009 02:32 PM

What would Jesus drink?

I think he'd drink 'The Gethsemene Gulp' or 'Brandy Resurrection.'

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 02:37 PM

Okay, it has cream in it, right? Put it in a blender. Whip it up.

Call it "Crucifoam".

(Sorry, God. I'll go to church on Sunday.)

Man Talk Now

APRIL 10, 2009 02:41 PM

How about the "Rolling Stone"?

"Lazarus elixer"?

"Back from the dead shots"

"My bloody tonic"?

Ooo, I'm goona get in trouble for those.

ocularnervosa

APRIL 10, 2009 02:43 PM

I've got nothin' either - except sore ribs from laughing at the amazing names!

Owl_Says_Who

APRIL 10, 2009 02:44 PM

Here's a take off from the excellent Rolling Stone suggestion:
Roll that Boulder Brew

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 02:48 PM

Spear-in-your-side Sludge
Wholey Hands Elixir
Early Morning Tomb Viewer
Empty Grave Greeter

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 03:01 PM

Calvary Calamity

uh oh, I just saw a flash of lightening.

Procopius

APRIL 10, 2009 03:06 PM

April Sky. Summer Shower. Spring Surprise. Crucifixion Cocktail. Mr. Bunny's Revenge. A Hangover Waiting to Happen.

Snoreville Ledenrocker

APRIL 10, 2009 03:09 PM

Salvation Libation

Brie aka Barbara K

APRIL 10, 2009 03:10 PM

Man, everyone here is so much more original than me.

Salvation Libation! Love it!

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 10, 2009 03:17 PM

Bloody Mary mix, Worchestershiririririre sauce, pinch of cayenne, pinch of brown sugar, tumbler of vodka, garnish with a spike. It's called The Stigmata.

Bleeeech on the coffee drink... bleeech. Just keep the brandy and call it Judas Juice.

Freaky Troll

APRIL 10, 2009 03:37 PM

Throw some stubble on top and call it Jesus Shaves.

How about "WHo Does Your Nails?"

But I'm also kind of liking Crucifixation.

cartouche

APRIL 10, 2009 05:27 PM

OMG!

LOL!

Without a Paddle

APRIL 10, 2009 06:24 PM

We tried the bunny-tini! Grapefruit juice, Pomegranate-Cranberry juice, Triple Sec, Vodka, and a pink peep floating on the top. I also called it Easter Bunny's Sorrows--because more often than not, the peep ended up face down like a drowning victim.

The unstable Easter Bunny can't handle another holiday and literally drowned in his sorrows. Perhaps the guilt of digging up Jesus so many centuries ago finally got to him.

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 12, 2009 08:36 AM

To report back. I ended up going with the Rise and Shine for the Easter morning drink. It was just too perfect.

I also made some Bunny-Tinis. The coffee drink got a so-so reception, although I personally loved it. The bunny-tini was VERY POPULAR.

Sandra Stephens and LadyMiko are the "winners" for their suggestions. I'd say that the prize is getting those drinks made for you if you happen to find yourself in Minneapolis, Minnesota. But that offer goes on to all who participated here. Thanks!

Skeptic Turtle

APRIL 14, 2009 03:41 PM