Fuzzy Navel
Soft peach liqueur meets fresh orange juice in a sunshine drink that tastes like summer brunch.
Ingredients
- Peach liqueur50 ml
- Orange juice, freshly squeezed100 ml
- Orange, for garnish (optional)1 wheel
- Cocktail cherry, for garnish (optional)1 whole
Method
- Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
- Pour the peach liqueur into the glass.
- Add the freshly squeezed orange juice.
- Stir briefly to combine the flavours.
- Garnish with an orange wheel and, if you like, a cocktail cherry.
About this drink
The Fuzzy Navel was created in the 1980s as part of a marketing campaign for DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps and quickly became a fixture at brunches and summer parties. Its name plays on both peach fuzz and the navel orange, and the drink has since become one of the most recognisable examples of the 1980s sweet, fruity cocktail wave.
Questions and answers
What is a Fuzzy Navel?
Simply peach liqueur and orange juice — one of the most straightforward sweet highballs of the 1980s, with no shaker or citrus required.
Are peach schnapps and peach liqueur the same?
They are often used interchangeably, but schnapps is usually sweeter and more artificial-tasting than a good peach liqueur.
