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MY STAPLE COCKTAILS

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2023


With celebration season (Christmas to New Year) in full flow, it's about time I introduce you to our staple cocktails.






First of all - Merry Christmas and Happy and New Year! I hope you have a lovely holiday season, and spend time doing all the things you enjoy!


And second - let's get straight into my Top-Pick cocktails:




Cocktails



Espresso Martini


  • 37.5ml vanilla vodka

  • 12.5ml Tia Maria

  • 60ml fresh espresso

  • 10ml sugar syrup


  1. Shake vigorously with ice.

  2. Strain into glass and top with three coffee beans.



Love Potion


  • 40ml lemon-flavoured vodka

  • 20 ml Chambord

  • 25ml (or more to taste) cranberry juice


  1. Shake vigorously with ice and pour to serve.

  2. Adorn with cranberries or dried fruit slices.



Classiqué Daiquiri


  • 70ml light rum

  • 40ml fresh lime juice

  • 20ml simple syrup


  1. Rub glass rim with lime wedge and dip in fine sugar.

  2. Shake liquid vigorously with ice, and strain into prepared glass.

  3. Garnish with a lime slice.



Cosmopolitan


  • 60ml citron vodka

  • 25ml Cointreau

  • 50ml cranberry juice

  • 50ml lime juice


  1. Shake liquid vigorously with ice and strain into a chilled glass.

  2. Garnish with a lemon twist.



Citrus Aphrodisiac


  • 1 lime, quartered

  • 1 tablespoon honey

  • 40ml Damiana liqueur

  • 50ml Rhum Barbancourt

  • 90ml fresh tangerine juice


  1. Squeeze lime wedges over a chilled old-fashioned, short, glass, and then drop them in.

  2. Add the honey and Damiana, and muddle with the limes.

  3. Fill the glass with ice, and pour in the rum and tangerine juice.

  4. Stir briefly.



(Vodka) Martini


  • 60ml vodka

  • 15ml dry vermouth

  • Green cocktail olive


  1. Stir the liquid ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.

  2. Strain over a chilled cocktail glass.

  3. Run lemon peel around glass rim, twist it over the drink, and drop it on with an olive for garnish (or just skewer the olive and set in the glass).

  4. EXTRA: for a Dirty Vodka Martini, add a dash of juice from the olive jar.



Passionfruit Martini


  • 37.5ml vanilla vodka

  • 12.5ml Chambord

  • 50ml passionfruit juice

  • 10ml lime

  • Whole passionfruit


  1. Mix liquid ingredients and the pulp of half a passionfruit in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

  2. Strain into a chilled glass and top with the other half of the passionfruit.



Lemon Drop


  • 40ml lemon-flavoured vodka

  • 30ml Cointreau

  • 50ml fresh lemon juice

  • 25ml fresh orange juice


  1. Rub the glass rim with a lemon wedge and dip in fine sugar.

  2. Shake cocktail vigorously with ice and strain into glass.

  3. Garnish with lemon spiral.




Mocktails



Apricot Mocktini


  • 60ml apricot nectar

  • 25ml fresh lemon juice

  • 25ml fresh orange juice


  1. Shake vigorously with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

  2. Twist lemon peel over the drink and drop it in to garnish.



Beach Breeze


  • 120ml pineapple juice

  • 60ml fresh lime juice

  • 60ml cranberry juice


  1. Pour the ingredients into an ice filled highball glass, and stir.

  2. Squeeze a lime wedge over the drink and drop it in to garnish.



Ginger-Citrus Buzz


  • 40ml fresh lemon juice

  • 40ml fresh lime juice

  • 60ml fresh orange juice

  • 3 slices of fresh ginger


  1. Shake liquid ingredients and fresh ginger vigorously with ice.

  2. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with candied ginger.




Hangover Cures (sort of)



Whilst I tend to stick to a few cocktails and then head onto soft drinks, for those who like to indulge a bit more, I have a few (hopefully helpful) hangover-remedies, to at least take the edge off.


Green Tea and Ginger


  • Boiling water

  • 1 or 2 green tea bags

  • 3 thin slices of fresh ginger

  • OPTIONAL: 70ml orange juice

  • Chilled club soda is desired (fizz can be beneficial)


  1. In a small saucepan, bring the water to a slow boil and add the tea bags.

  2. When you remove from the heat, add the ginger.

  3. Cover the pan and steep for five mins.

  4. Drink as it is, or refrigerate until the liquid is cool.

  5. If cooling, strain the tea into a glass with ice, and add orange juice and soda (if desired).




Peppermint tea (to help the digestive system and ease headaches and nausea)


  • boiling water and fresh peppermint leaves







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