Romance is in the air, and a little tipple helps to calm the nerves and get in the mood. These cocktails promise a cosy evening in.
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1. Love Cosmopolitan: For the classic couple destined to be together
Ingredients:
1. 50ml vodka/gin
2. 90ml Jimmy's Cosmopolitan mix
3. 5ml rose water
How to mix:
1. In a shake glass filled with ice
2. Pour the above ingredients, and shake well.
3. Strain into a tall glass filled with ice.
4. Garnish with an edible flower and serve.
2. Spicy Sex on the Beach: For the passionate couple who simply can't resist each other
Ingredients:
1. 50ml vodka/gin
2. 110ml Jimmy's Sex on the Beach mix
3. 5ml Fresh Ginger juice
4. 1 drop Tobasco Sauce
5. 3 drops Aromatic Bitters
How to mix:
1. In a tall glass filled with ice.
2. Pour the above ingredients and shake well.
3. Garnish with a dehydrated orange wheel.
3. Absolut Cosmopolitan: For Old School Lovers who still hold hands and have that sparkle in their eyes
Ingredients:
1. 40 ml Absolut Citron
2. 20 ml Triple Sec
3. 20 ml Lime Juice
4. 20 ml Cranberry Juice
5. 1 Twist Orange Zest
6. Ice Cubes
How to mix:
1. Fill a shaker with ice cubes.
2. Add all ingredients.
3. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
4. Garnish with an orange zest twist.
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4. Peach on the Beach: For an adorably affectionate couple who simply can't get enough of each other
Ingredients:
1. 30 ml Absolut
2. 30 ml Cranberry juice
3. 30 ml Orange juice
4. 15 ml Peach Liqueur
5. Peach wedge for garnish
How to mix it:
1. Fill a shaker with ice cubes.
2. Add all ingredients.
3. Shake and strain into a highball glass filled with ice cubes.
4. Garnish with a peach wedge.
5. Hand in Hand: For the couple who are actually best friends
Ingredients:
1. 40 ml Monkey47
2. 20 ml sweet vermouth
3. 20 ml Campari
4. 2 Dashes of Chocolate Bitters
How to mix it:
1. Stir over ice and strain over fresh ice in a rock glass.
2. Garnish with orange zest.
6. Romeo's Punch: For the couple celebrating their love for the first time
Ingredients:
1. 1 Bottle Jameson Irish Whiskey
2. 300 ml Lemon
3. 100 ml Lillet Rouge
4. 20 Dashes Peychaud's Bitters
5. 500 ml Pomegranate Juice
6. 300 ml Strawberry Syrup
How to mix:
1. Add all ingredients to a bowl with ice and stir well.
2. Serve in a rocks glass.
3. To make a strawberry syrup: Add 250g sugar, 250ml water, 100g strawberries (fresh or frozen both work) to a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for five minutes.
4. Allow to cool, strain, bottle and refrigerate
7. Matcha Pina Colada: For that Hide-&-Seek Couple who have been dating for ages but still don't agree they are in a relationship
Ingredients:
1. 50ml Beefeater Dry or 24
2. Bar spoon matcha tea
3. 30ml fresh pineapple juice
4. 10ml fresh lemon juice
5. 50ml coconut milk
6. 40ml soda water
7. Garnish: Matcha dusting
How to mix:
1. Blend all ingredients together except for soda water until smooth.
2. Pour soda water into glass
3. Add the blended mixture and dust the top with matcha.
4. This is not a frozen drink, so take care not to add too much ice.
8. SmOaken Tea: For total-opposites who get on like a house on fire
Ingredients:
1. 30ml Oaken Glow
2. 30ml Pineapple juice
3. 30ml lapsang Souchang tea
4. 1 bar spoon/teaspoon of honey
How to mix:
1. Mix this cocktail for a party using a shot of Oaken Glow with a shot of Lapsang souchung tea (a Smoky Chinese black tea) and a shot of pineapple juice.
2. Pour/strain over fresh ice and top
3. The finished cocktail with a sprig of mint.
