A Day in Paradise

The GBP 333 cocktail | This is London
Two bankers out celebrating their City bonuses have helped create one of the world’s most expensive cocktails.

The Goldman Sachs employees had just received sevenfigure sums and were determined to celebrate in style, so they asked a barman at Umbaba in Soho to create the most opulent drink possible. The result was the Magie Noir - costing GBP 333 a glass.

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The pair ordered two rounds of Magie Noir, a total of 20 drinks. Because they were buying in bulk they were charged GBP 300 per glass, adding GBP 6,000 to their final bill of about GBP 15,000.

Umbaba has added Magie Noir to its cocktail menu and will launch it at a party on Saturday when each glass will come with a cocktail pin made of 24-carat white gold.