Powdered sugar

• Other
• Non-alcoholic

Powdered sugar is white sugar ground into a very fine powder; the commercial kind often contains a small amount of starch or another anti-caking agent. Compared with granulated sugar it dissolves almost at once, even in cold liquids and with little water. That is why nineteenth-century bar books called for it in drinks built straight in the glass, such as the Mint Julep, where it is dissolved by muddling it with the mint. Its taste is sweet and neutral.

Used in 1 cocktail.