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These simple recipes will bring you infinite enjoyment this summery festive season – don’t be afraid to play around because the variations are endless!
We’ve spent time sharing in some cocktail chic with with some real pros: Lungi Mandla, brand ambassador for Cointreau and Giuseppe La Gattuta, creator of One Naughty Lemon. Not only did we get to sip on some magical drinks, but the pros themselves gave us a few lessons in the art of cocktail-making. Yip, that’s right. If we can do it, so can you!
Add Cointreau, tea, lime juice and mint leaves into a boston shaker glass, fill with ice. Shake until metal tin is frosted. Strain into a glass over ice and top off with soda water. Garnish with fresh mint leaves.
- Garnish: mint, cucumber and lemon
Fill a low glass with ice. Add Moscato and Aperol and mix gently. Top up with soda water. Garnish with lemon, cucumber and a sprig of mint.
Fill a glass with crushed ice. Pour in the rum followed by the Limoncello. Top up with the dry lemon juice. Leave to settle and watch the layers form.
Add Cointreau, lime juice, passion fruit juice and slice of thai chili pepper into a boston shaker glass, fill with ice. Shake until metal tin is frosted. Fine strain into the glass over ice and top up with soda water. Garnish with a thai chili pepper.
Add the vodka, Limoncello, Aperol, cranberry juice and lemon juice to a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a tall glass filled with ice. Top it up with soda and garnish with a lemon wedge.
- Garnish: lemon twist or orange twist
Soak the sugar cube in the Angostura bitters. Once it has absorbed the bitters, drop the cube into a champagne flute. Top up with your favourite champagne or Cap Classique. Garnish with the lemon or orange twist.
- Garnish: fresh cherry tomatoes
Pour the lime juice into a glass, fill it with ice, add Cointreau and top it off with soda water. Garnish with a lime wedge and fresh cherry tomato wedges.
One Naughty Lemon Bubbles
Stay in the mix of what’s stirring in the cocktail world this season with these four cocktail trends. Want to steal some tips from a pro mixologist? Check out our GLAM Chat with Ali Dedianko!
