Next time you're having a cocktail party try this ginger and champagne cocktail from epicurious.  Pinkies up please!

• 1/2 cup chopped fresh ginger
• 2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
• 3 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger
• 8 whole star anise
• 1 bottle (750 ml) Champagne or sparkling wine

In a small sauce pan combine ginger, sugar, and 1/2 a cup of water. Bring the mixture to a boil and reduce until it is thick (like syrup). Let the mixture cool before straining.  Next mix five spice and sugar together on a plate and use to rim the champagne flutes. Pour a tablespoon of the syrup into each glass and top with champagne. drop a piece of crystallized ginger and pod of star anise in the flutes for garnish. Serve and enjoy.