Simple Cocktail Recipes to Try at Home-Dial a Drink Kenya
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Simple Cocktail Recipes to Try at Home-Dial a Drink Kenya
It is the small things we do that makes us happy but doing things that seems impossible or changing the source of the good moments like making a cocktail at home especially for our loved once makes us even happier. In this article, you will find various cocktail recipes you can make at home at anytime with few and simple ingredients.
Passion fruit martini cocktail is the queen of fruity and sweet cocktails. It is easy to make at home in at most 5 minutes and also known to be 100% vegetarian. It is the best cocktail for small parties and get togethers.
Ingredients
- 1 passion fruit, plus an extra ½ to garnish
- 60ml vanilla vodka
- 15ml passion fruit liqueur
- 15ml lime juice
- 15ml sugar syrup
- Wine, to serve
Method of preparation
Slice the passion fruit and scoop out all the seeds into a cocktail shaker and add ice. Add vodka, passion fruit liqueur, lime juice and sugar syrup and shake well. Strain into a martini glass. Top up with a little wine and garnish with the remaining half passion fruit. Serve immediately
Vodka Martini cocktail is known to be the simplicity of elegance once prepared using quality ingredients. It is easy to make and ready minutes.
Ingredients
- 50ml vodka of choice
- 1 tbsp dry vermouth
- Lemon peel to garnish
Method of preparation
Fill a Martini glass with ice to chill. Pour your vodka, dry vermouth and some ice in a cocktail shaker to combine. Strain the mixtures to the Martini glass with ice.
Garnish with a twist of the lemon peel and serve immediately.
Cosmopolitan or simply known as “cosmo” is a famous cocktail made from vodka as a base, triple sec or Cointreau L’Unique, cranberry juice and freshly squeezed lime juice. Cosmopolitan cocktail is well known as a classic elegant cocktail, neither not too sweet nor not too tart and super quick to make.
Ingredients
- 15ml Cointreau L’Unique
- 45ml vodka
- 30ml Cranberry juice
- 10ml Fresh lime juice
- ice
- Lime wedge
Method of preparation
Combine the Cointreau L’unique, vodka, cranberry juice and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain the mixture into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.
When we hear about tea we get excited. Just imagine a pink one with gin and ice. Pink gin iced tea is a unique cocktail made with spiced rum, elderflower, gin and pink grapefruit juice
Ingredients
- 1 chamomile tea bag
- 100ml pink gin
- 100ml spiced rum
- 1ooml elderflower cordial
- 100ml pink grapefruit juice
- Ice
- Thyme sprigs to garnish
Method of preparation
Brew the chamomile tea bag in 1/2liter boiling water. Leave it for 3 minutes. Remove the tea bag and let the water chill for around 5 mins.
Pour into a large jug then add the gin, rum elderflower cordial and juice. Add ice and add thyme sprigs while stirring. Strain into another jug and serve into old fashioned glasses.
Raspberry gin cocktail is among the best cocktail that is drinkable through out the summer with the least and most available ingredients.
Ingredients
- 500ml gin
- 350g raspberries
- 150g sugar
Method of preparation
Mix the raspberries and sugar in a sterilized jar and pour your gin on top. Seal the jar and shake so as the sugar to dissolve. Store the jar in the fridge for about 3 weeks at most. Strain the gin while sieving and pour the gin in glass bottles and label. The gin will be good to be consumed for a few months with its good-looking pink color.
Irish whisky old fashioned cocktail
Irish whisky old fashioned is the most known cocktail for happy hours due to its smoothness and not just a cocktail but a classic cocktail. Just imagine bringing such moment at home!
Ingredients
- 40ml Irish whisky
- 10ml elderflower
- 10ml Sauternes
- Ice
- Lemon zest to garnish
Method of preparation
In a double old fashioned or rock glass add your Irish whisky, elderflower and sauternes. Muddle until everything becomes one. Top it up with ice and give everything a final stir. Garnish with a lemon zest and serve.
Sex on the beach cocktail is an international cocktail made with vodka as a base ingredient in a highball glass filled with ice and garnished with an orange slice.
Ingredients
- 50ml vodka
- 25ml peach schnapps
- Ice
- 50ml cranberry juice
- 2 oranges
- orange juice,2 sliced orange to garnish
Method of preparation
1. Fill two highball glass with ice. Take a larger jar and pour the vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry juice and orange juice and stir.
2. Share the mixture into the highball glasses and stir each gently to combine with ice.
3. Garnish with the orange slices.
Incase you want to make this cocktail at home for your family and loved ones, you don’t need to go the bar or liquor store to buy the ingredients. You can just order online from the leading online drinks store Dial a Drink Kenya through visiting our website at www.dialadrinkkenya.com add cart in our website and confirm then it will be delivered or you can place orders by just dialing 0723688108, text, WhatsApp.