Unapologetic chick drink of the week: Cointreaupolitan

FINDS’ sultry Cointreaupolitan looks too good to drink. It is delicately hued in ballerina pink, with a single rose petal floating on top. A dozen minuscule, tapioca-like bubbles rest on the petal, each speckled with gold.

“This is more of a looker than anything else,” confesses bartender Antonio Lai, who’s been serving molecular mixology drinks at FINDS for over a year. And despite how taken we are with its sharp looks we’ll have to agree -- the drink is disappointingly bland.

Cointreaupolitan is part vodka lime and part cranberry juice but the real stars of the show are “Cointreau Pearls,” tiny bursts of alcohol made with a liquor-condensing Cointreaupolitan caviar kit using the 'spherification' technique pioneered by Ferran Adria, godfather of molecular gastronomy.