Summer is here and everyone dreams of laying on the beach with a cocktail in hand. Cocktails are the perfect beverage for cooling off, while the moderate amount of alcohol in them helps set a good mood. Here you'll find several spectacular ideas for the perfect summer cocktails:
Tequila Sunrise
Ingredients: 2/5 cup orange juice, 3 1/3 tbsp tequila, 1 tbsp grenadine.
Preparation: Mix all of the products. Serve the cocktail in a tall glass, decorated with a slice of orange.
Strawberry Margarita
Ingredients: crushed ice, 2 strawberries, 2/5 cup tequila, half a lime.
Preparation: Blend the strawberries. Combine the ice and tequila. Pour the liquified strawberries on top. Decorate the glass with the lime slice.
Mint Whiskey
Ingredients: 3 1/3 tbsp whiskey, 2 pieces of pineapple, half a lime, 1 tsp honey, 3 mint leaves, 4-5 ice cubes.
Preparation: Mash the pineapple pieces. Mix them with the whiskey and honey. Pour this into a glass with ice. Drop several mint leaves in it, decorate the glass with the lime slice.
Beach Mojito
Ingredients: 3 1/3 tbsp rum, 1 tbsp syrup, 3 lime rinds, 3 mint leaves, 2 blackberries, 4 blueberries, 4 raspberries, ginger beer.
Preparation: Combine the fruits, syrup, lime rinds and mint leaves and pour them in a tall glass. Add the rum to them and stir. Top off the cocktail with ginger beer and serve.
Strawberry-Watermelon Sangria
Ingredients: 3 strawberries, 1/4 cup sliced watermelon, 1 2/3 tbsp triple sec, 1 2/3 tbsp lime juice, 1 2/3 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp syrup, 1 tbsp cognac, sparkling rosé.
Preparation: Cut up the fruits and place them in a bowl. To them add the triple sec, lemon juice, syrup, cognac and lime juice. Put the resulting mixture in the fridge for 24 hours. Stir well, pour it into a glass with ice and top off with rosé.
Gin Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 tbsp gin, 1 1/3 tbsp lemon juice, 2 tsp sugar syrup, 1/5 cup champagne, ice, half a lemon slice.
Preparation: Put all of the products, excluding the champagne, in a shaker and mix well. Strain into a champagne glass. Top off with the champagne. Decorate the glass with the lemon slice.
