The source of cocktails

Cocktail originated in America, and there are many legends about its origin:

In the19th century, on the Hudson River in America, there lived a man named Clifford who owned a small hotel. This man is proud of three things, which are called "the three wonders of Kejia": first, there is a mighty rooster, which is the "ever-victorious general" on the chicken farm; Second, his wine kiln contains the best wine in the world; Third, his daughter Esmillie is the most beautiful girl in town. There is a young man named Harpton in town. He is a crew member of the Hudson River cargo ship. He comes to this hotel for a drink every night. As time went on, he and Esmillie both fell in love. This young man is tall, handsome, kind-hearted and practical. The old man really likes him, but he always plays tricks on him and says, "Young man, if you want to marry my daughter, try to be a captain first." This young man is very persistent After several years of hard work, he finally became the captain. The old man is very happy. On his wedding day, he took out all the old wine in his cellar and mixed it together. He mixed them with his beloved rooster feathers into an unprecedented wine and decorated each cup with the rooster's tail feathers. Then he drank to the golden couple, and everyone shouted "Long live the chicken tail!" Since then, people have called this mixed drink cocktail and let the crew drink it all over the world.

The second story says that cocktails originated from Bessie, an Irish girl who immigrated to the United States at the end of the American Revolution. She opened a small inn near Yorktown, which was frequented by many naval officers and government officials. Bessie has a "pro-English" neighbor who keeps a lot of chickens at home. At a gathering of American and French officers, Bessie stole some chickens from her neighbors and prepared a hearty chicken feast for the officers. After dinner, everyone went to the bar for a drink. Suddenly, the officers found that each wine glass contained the feather of a rooster raised by a "pro-British" neighbor, and Bessie was holding the feather to make a mixed drink. Everyone immediately understood what was going on. During the toast, an officer raised his glass and shouted "Long live the chicken tail!" From then on, all the wines made by Bessie or Bessie's bartending method were called cocktails and became popular everywhere.