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1The French Blonde
provided by merchantTaylor Swift reportedly ordered this drink while in Kansas City watching Travis Kelce play. So why wouldn't you want to try it, too?
Ingredients
- 30 ml Bombay Sapphire Gin
- 15 ml St-Germain elderflower liqueur
- 60ml Orange aperitif wine OR dry vermouth
- 60 ml fresh strained grapefruit juice
- 1 dash lemon bitters
Method
Fill your cocktail shaker with ice, add all the ingredients and shake vigorously until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe to serve. (If you’re feeling extra fancy, garnish with a grapefruit twist!).
2Cherry Blossom Sour
provided by merchantWe love the smoothness of a sour, with the added touch of bitterness from the angostura.
Ingredients
- 50ml Dutch Barn Orchard Vodka
- 25ml Monin Cherry Blossom Syrup
- 15ml Lemon Juice
- 50ml Egg white
- 2 drops Saline Solution
- 3 drops Angostura bitters
Method
Stamp a large ice cube and place it in a rocks glass. Combine all the ingredients apart from the bitters in a cocktail shaker, dry shake first, then hard shake with ice. Double strain into the glass and garnish with 3 drops of angostura bitters.
3Cristalino Blood Orange Margarita
provided by merchantAdd a bitter twist to a classic margarita with this blood orange combination.
Ingredients
- 45ml 1800 Tequila
- 20ml Lime juice
- 20ml blood orange juice
- 15ml agave syrup
- Garnish with a slice of blood orange peel
Method
Add the tequila, lime and blood orange juice and agave syrup to a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice, before pouring into a chilled coupe glass, garnished with a slide of blood orange peel.
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4Coconut Margarita
provided by merchantA tropical twist on a classic margarita: guaranteed to make you feel like you're sitting on a beach in Mexico and watching the world go by.
Ingredients
- 45ml 1800 coconut
- 20ml lime juice
- 10ml agave syrup
- Garnish with salted coconut rim
Method
First, salt the rim of your glass. Then add your remaining ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice, and strain into your glass.
5The Porch Swing
provided by merchantA sweet twist on a bourbon cocktail, perfect for sipping on a nice spring evening.
Ingredients
Method
Combine ingredients into a tall glass and stir. Garnish with a slice of peach or lemon wheel.
6I LUV IT Punch
provided by merchantMade in collaboration with Camila Cabello, the drink is a twist on a classic rum punch and will have you feeling like you're at carnival.
Ingredients
- 60 ml BACARDÍ Carta Blanca rum
- 15 ml St Germain liqueur
- 15 ml Passion Fruit Nectar
- 15 ml lime (juice of about half a lime)
- 30 ml coconut water
- Lime wheel and toasted coconut flakes as garnish
Method
Build all ingredients into a rocks glass filled with cubed ice. Give a quick stir to combine. Garnish with a lime wheel and toasted coconut flakes.
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7Aperol Spritz
Aperol SpritzWhat's a spring cocktail suggestion without an Aperol Spritz?
Ingredients
- 75ml of Prosecco D.O.C
- 50ml of Aperol
- 25ml of soda
- 1 slice of orange
Method
Fill a large wine glass with ice. First pour 75ml of Prosecco. Add 50ml Aperol. Top with a 25ml dash of soda. Garnish with a slice of orange.
8Mango Dockquiri
provided by merchantLike a mango lassi but alcoholic.
Ingredients
- 50ml Salford Rum
- 3 large slices of mango (or 15ml mango purée)
- 25ml lime juice
- 10ml sugar syrup
Method
In a shaker, muddle the mango in the sugar syrup, add the other ingredients and shake well. Fine strain into a chilled coupette and garnish with mango slices.
9Nine Tines Blood Orange and Honey Sour
provided by merchantYou had us at "honey sour".
Ingredients
- 50ml Nine Tines Vodka
- 50ml Blood Orange Juice (approx. juice from 1 blood orange)
- 25ml Lemon Juice
- 25ml Good Quality Honey
- Splash of Bitters
Method
Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker, shake with ice, pour into glass and add garnishes.
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10PATRÓN Perfect Paloma
provided by merchantA paloma is the perfect balance of bitter and sweet, and if anyone's going to know how to do it right, it's Patrón.
Ingredients
- 45ml Patrón Reposado
- 90ml Fresh grapefruit juice
- 15ml Agave syrup (1:1)
- 15ml Fresh-squeezed lime juice
- 30ml Sparkling water
- 1 pinch of salt + Grapefruit slice for garnish
- Salt rim (optional)
Method
Combine all ingredients except sparkling water in a shaker and shake with ice to chill. Strain onto fresh ice in a sugar and salt rimmed collins glass. Top with sparkling water and garnish with a grapefruit wedge.
11El Diablo
Justine Michael, Content Creator, @justine.bartendingThe perfect choice if you're after something with a kick!
Ingredients
Method
Add all ingredients except for the ginger beer to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until the shaker becomes frosty. Strain into a collins glass with ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with seasonal berries.
12Aloe? It's me
provided by merchantYou had us at 'neon green'.
Ingredients
Method
To make verdita, mix 240ml pineapple juice, 1 jalapeño, several sprigs of coriander and mint – blend and strain through fine mesh strainer. Then, shake and strain all of your ingredients over ice in a collins glass and garnish with mint.
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13Pink Gin Picante
Mermaid GinMermaid Gin has not only come up with this delicious recipe for a pin gin picante but they've also got maybe the prettiest gin bottle going?! We're obsessed.
Ingredients
- 50ml Mermaid Pink Gin
- 30ml Lime Juice
- 10ml Agave/honey/sugar syrup
- Coriander sprig to garnish (optional)
Method
Combine the ingredients over ice and shake. Strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a sprig of coriander... depending on your stance on coriander, that is.
14The Paloma
VIVR TequilaThis stunner looks so pretty and fresh we can practically feel the sun breaking through the clouds rn.
Ingredients
- 50ml VIVIR Tequila Blanco or Reposado
- 10ml Agave Syrup
- 10ml Lime Juice
- 60ml Pink Grapefruit Juice
- Soda water or grapefruit soda to fill glass
- Wedge of pink grapefruit
- Sea salted rim if desired
Method
Wipe a slice of lime around the rim of a highball glass. Then dip into sea salt so the rim is coated. Grab a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Add all ingredients except the soda water, shake, place some ice into your glass, pour in your cocktail and top up with soda water or grapefruit soda. Add the pink grapefruit wedge
15Blackberry Basil Mojito
Copalli RumBlackberry and basil? Have you ever heard of a fresher combo?!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ½ lime
- 3 ripe blackberries
- 6-7 basil leaves
- 42ml of Copalli White Rum
- 1 cup crushed ice
- ¼ cup soda
- Blackberries and basil leaves to garnish
Method
Add the lime segments, blackberries, and sugar to a cocktail glass and gently muddle 7-8 times. Add basil and gently muddle again 4-5 times to infuse flavour. Add the rum and gently stir with a spoon to combine. Add crushed ice, gently stir, and top with a splash of soda. Gently stir once more. Garnish with a bit more crushed ice and garnish with blackberries and basil.
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16Passion Fruit Daiquiri
Mount Gay RumAs if daiquiris weren't already nice enough the clever people over at Mount Gay Rum have come up with this delicious recipe for a passion fruit one. Name a sunnier-sounding drink, we dare you.
Ingredients
Method
Add the rum, lime juice, syrup and Cointreau to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon wheel or peel, and enjoy!
17Banana Mai Tai
Palm BeachWhether you're lounging in the garden on a sunny spring day, or if you've just cranked the heating up to create the summertime illusion, this cocktail is the perfect accompaniment.
Ingredients
- 50ml Palm Beach Banana and Butterscotch
- 25ml amaretto
- 25ml lime juice
- 50ml pineapple juice
- Wedge of pineapple to garnish.
Method
Add all ingredients to a rocks glass with ice. Churn the ingredients until chilled and diluted. Garnish with a wedge of pineapple.
18Strawberry Margarita
El Jimador TequilaOoft these look refreshing. They're also super simple to make, even in big batches meaning fewer kitchen trips for you.
Ingredients
- 50ml Jimador Silver Tequila
- 25ml Lime Juice
- 25ml Fresh Strawberry Purée
Method
Fill a blender with ice and all of the ingredients. Blend to your desired consistency. Then, pour into a salt-rimmed glass and garnish with strawberries and basil leaves. Cheers!
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19Negroni
maurese//Getty ImagesPeople either love it or hate it, but it's a classic cocktail regardless. It's also a perfect drink for spring - fresh, tasty, and strong.
Ingredients
- 25ml gin
- 25ml sweet vermouth
- 25ml Campari
- Ice
- Blood orange slice to garnish
Serves one
Method
Combine the gin, vermouth and Campari in a shaker with ice and stir until the metal feels cold (the benefit of using a metal shaker). Strain into a tumbler and add fresh ice and a slice of blood orange.
20Pineapple Sherbet Spritz
TW KemptonClearly, one of the best things about being an adult is turning all your favourite childhood sweets into cocktails. Enter, the pineapple sherbet spritz.
Ingredients
Method
Mix all ingredients over ice in a large wine glass and garnish with a pineapple wedge.
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