Popular cocktails/dial a drink cocktails
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1.Mojito
A mojito is a perfect traditional Cuban highball drink mostly made on summer seasons. Its main alcohol is Rum. The cocktail consists of five ingredients, white rum, sugar, zesty lime/lime juice, cooling soda water and mint for a winning drink. Its combination of sweetness, citrus and herbaceous mint flavors is intended to complete the rum thus the mojito cocktail popularity.
Ingredients
· 1 ½ oz white Rum
· 1 oz Fresh lime juice
· 2 teaspoons Sugar
· 6 leaves of mint
· Soda water
Preparation
· Muddle the lime juice, sugar and mint leaves in a small jug, crushing the mint, pour into a tall glass and add a handful of ice
· Pour over the rum, stirring with a long-handed led spoon. Top up with soda water, garnish with mint and serve.
Serve in a Collins glass.
2.Espresso martini
Espresso martini is classified as one of the best caffeinated cocktails.
Ingredients
· 2 ounces vodka
· ½ ounce coffee liqueur
· 1 ounce’s espresso, freshly brewed (or cold brew concentrate)
· ½ ounce simple syrup.
· Garnish coffee beans.
Preparation
· Start by making the sugar syrup. Put the caster sugar in a small pan over a medium heat and pour 50ml water, Stir, and bring to the boil.
· Turn off the heat and allow the mixture to cool. Put 2 martini glasses in the fridge to chill.
· Once the sugar syrup is cold, pour 1 teaspoon into a cocktail shaker along with a handful of ice, the vodka, espresso and coffee liqueur. Shake until the outside of the cocktail shaker feel icy cold.
· Strain into the chilled glass, Garnish each one with coffee beans.
3.Passion fruit martini
Ingredients
· 2 ripe passion fruit
· 60ml vanilla vodka
· 30ml passoa
· 1 tbsp lime juice
· 1 tbsp sugar syrup
Preparation
· Scoop the seeds from one the passion fruits into the glass of cocktail shaker, add the vodka, passoa, lime juice and sugar syrup. Add a handful of mice and shake well, strain into 2 martini glasses, top up with prosecco, then add half a passion fruit to each.
· Serve immediately.
4.Pimm’s
The Pimm’s cocktail is a classic cocktail featuring Pimm’s No.1 as a gin based liqueur.
Ingredients
· 200ml Pimm’s No.1
· 600ml lemonade
· Mint springs, sliced cucumber, sliced orange and strawberries.
Preparation
· Fill a jug with ice and pour over the Pimm’s and lemonade. Give it a good stir then add the mint, cucumber and fruit.
5. Pina colada
Pina colada is a cocktail made with light rum, cream of coconut and pineapple juice. It may be garnished with either a pineapple wedge or maraschino cherry.
Ingredients
· 12oml pineapple juice
· 60ml white rum
· 60ml coconut cream
· Wedge of pineapple, to garnish
Preparation
· Pulse all the ingredients along with a handful of ice in a blender until smooth. Pour into a tall glass and garnish with a pineapple slice.