Top 12 Great Summer Cocktails to Make at Home
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The summer has finally hit us, and what beats a cold refreshing drink after work? We are going to teach you to make a few great cocktails. They are easy to do, and you can make them for your weekend home party, or to just please yourself after work. They are refreshing, tasty, and more important, they are easy to make. Everyone can be a bartender now.
However, before we go on to the drinks, here are a few things you need to prepare to be ready to start:
Stainless Steel Cocktail Shaker Set
To make these drinks, you need to gear up your home bar, here is the basic set that can get you started.
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Simple Syrup
To make sugar syrup simply bring the sugar and water to a boil until the sugar has dissolved, the proportion is 1:1. Put aside to cool.
Fresh Lemon Juice
Take 5-6 lemons to make the juice, and store in a bottle or glass that can be sealed. You can always use it, it’s very convenient.
Now let’s get your gear ready, shake, stir, and enjoy!
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Basil Ginger Drop
Serves 2
If you have been to Shanghai Citizen in Shanghai, you will never forget this drink, it got so famous because of its freshness and taste, and it’s really easy to make. Here we go.
【 Ingredients 】
· 100ml vodka
· 60ml lemon juice
· 5mm / 0.2in of a knob of ginger – peeled and finely grated
· 4 basil sprigs – leaves only
· 40ml simple syrup* or 30ml agave nectar
· 6 ice cubes
【 Instructions 】
Take 2 martini glasses and moisten their rim with the lemon wedge. Put the sugar on a small plate and gently roll the rim of the glass in it in order to cover the rim in sugar. Add the vodka, lemon juice, grated ginger, basil leaves and sugar syrup/agave nectar to your blender and blend until the basil has dissolved. Add the ice cubes to your mixture and blend until the ice cubes have dissolved. Pour into the sugar-rimmed martini glasses. Decorate with a basil sprig.
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Grapefruit Moscow Mule
Serves 2
Moscow Mule is one of my favourite drinks, especially in summer time, the ginger flavour mixed with lemon, it’s so good, in this recipe, we will add some grapefruit.
【 Ingredients 】
· 180ml fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
· 90ml vodka
· 180ml ginger beer
· grapefruit wedges, for garnish
【 Instructions 】
Pour grapefruit juice and vodka over ice. Top off glass with ginger beer, approximately 3 ounces per drink. Serve with grapefruit wedge.
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Elderflower & Earl Grey Gin Fizz
Serves 2
This light and refreshing gin fizz provides a sweet but dry flavor, complemented by zingy citrus notes. The Elderflower & Earl Grey Gin Fizz recipe is as simple as it is delicious.
【 Ingredients 】
· 70ml Earl Grey infused Tanqueray Gin
· 50ml Lemon juice
· 30ml Elderflower syrup
· 30ml Simple syrup
· Soda to top
【 Instructions 】
Shake up the Earl Grey infused Tanqueray, lemon juice, Elderflower syrup and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Pour leisurely over ice in a cut glass highball, and strain soda over to fill to the top. Garnish with two folded lemon wheels & mint sprig.
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Bee’s Knees
Serves 2
Why isn’t this Prohibition-era recipe, a brilliant combination of gin and honey, more widely known? It’s delicious.
【 Ingredients 】
· 100ml gin
· 20ml runny honey (use the best you can, its flavour will shine)
· 10ml water
· 30ml fresh lemon juice
【 Instructions 】
Stir the honey into the water until dissolved to make a syrup. Pour into a cocktail shaker with the gin, lemon juice and a couple of ice cubes. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
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The Painkiller
Serves 1
【 Ingredients 】
· 60ml dark rum
· 120ml pineapple juice
· 30ml orange juice
· 30ml sweetened coconut cream (I used Coco Lopez)
· 5 ice cubes
· freshly grated nutmeg
· slice of lime, for garnish
【 Instructions 】
In a cocktail shaker, combine rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, coconut cream and 3 ice cubes. Shake for about 10 seconds and pour in a tall glass. Add additional ice cubes to the glass and top with freshly grated nutmeg. Garnish with slice of lime & a cocktail umbrella.
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Mango Daiquiri
Serves 2
【 Ingredients 】
· 90ml white rum
· 50ml lime juice
· 30ml sugar syrup
· mango (preferably fresh)
【 Instructions 】
Add a small scoop of ice to the blender. Add remaining ingredients. Blend for approximately 30 seconds. Pour into a cocktail glass.
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Frida
Serves 2
【 Ingredients 】
· 90ml tanteo jalapeño-infused tequila
· 120ml of watermelon purée (purée pieces of watermelon in blender)
· 30ml fresh lime juice
· 45ml simple syrup
【 Instructions 】
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into a glass, garnish with lime, and serve.
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Jalapeño Margarita
Serves 1
Put a spring in your step with this kick-in-the-pants Jalapeño Margarita recipe. The fresh lime juice will have you puckering up and, combined with triple sec and tequila, this spicy, savory and surprising margarita is guaranteed to bring the fire to your fiesta.
【 Ingredients 】
· lime and kosher salt, to rim glass
· 2 cups ice cubes
· 90ml sweet and sour mix
· 45ml tequila
· 30ml triple sec
· 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
· ½-inch piece of fresh jalapeño, remove seeds and slice
· slices of jalapeños, for garnish
【 Instructions 】
Moisten the rim of a margarita glass with lime and dip glass into kosher salt to coat rim. In a blender, combine ice cubes, Sweet and Sour Mix, tequila, triple sec, lime juice and 1/4-inch piece of fresh jalapeño. Blend until smooth. Pour into prepared glass and garnish with jalapeño slice.
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Aspen Crud
Serves 1
【 Ingredients 】
· 5 scoops French vanilla ice cream
· 90ml bourbon
【 Instructions 】
Combine ingredients and blend together to create a boozy milkshake.
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Blackberry Bourbon Smash
Serves 2
【 Ingredients 】
· 120ml bourbon
· 30ml lime juice, or 2 lime wedges, squeezed
· 12-14 mint leaves, muddled
· 4-6 blackberries, muddled
· 45ml simple syrup (1 tablespoon of sugar will do)
· 60ml club soda
· 2 cups of ice
【 Instructions 】
In a Boston shaker, combine mint leaves, lime wedges and blackberries. Muddle until pulverized. Add bourbon, ice, and simple syrup and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Pour full contents into a rocks glass (no straining) and top with club soda. Stir and garnish with mint leaves and blackberry.
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Watermelon Sangria
Serves 2
【 Ingredients 】
· 4 cups cubed watermelon
· 1750ml. bottle moscato
· 1 cup rum
· juice of 4 limes
· zest of 2 limes
· 1 tbsp sugar
· lime slices, for garnish
【 Instructions 】
In a blender combine watermelon, moscato, rum, lime juice and zest, and sugar and blend until smooth. Refrigerate until chilled. Garnish glasses with lime slices and serve.
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Raspberry Limoncello Prosecco
Serves 2
It’s wonderfully refreshing and sweet with all that bubbly goodness. You can also toss in some frozen raspberries or strawberries for that elegant touch – either way, these cocktails go perfectly for a summer party or an added bonus to get you through the week. And we promise you – we won’t judge you if you start sipping on this at 10AM!
【 Ingredients 】
· 3 cups prosecco, chilled
· 1 cup limoncello liqueur, chilled
· 1 cup frozen raspberries
· 6 sprigs fresh mint
【 Instructions 】
In a large pitcher, whisk together Prosecco and Limoncello. Serve over raspberries, garnished with mint, if desired.
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