The end of summer is almost here. It’s time to get those last-minute-summertime-cocktails made! These recipes come from this website. If you visit the site, you’ll see beautiful photos of the drinks.
French Rosé Sangria
Ingredients:
1 Bottle Lillette Rosé Wine
3 oz. Grand Marnier
5 oz. Club soda
2 oz. Fresh Raspberries
1 Spring Mint
Edible Flower Petals for Garnish
Directions: Pour each of the above into a tall bar glass or cocktail shaker. Shake with ice, pour into a cocktail or martini glass, and serve.
Grapefruit Collins
Ingredients:
2 oz. Gin
½ oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
½ oz. Fresh Squeezed Grapefruit Juice
1 oz. Simple Syrup
3 oz. of Pellegrino Sparkling Water
Grapefruit Zest
Mint Leaves
Directions: Rim glass with grapefruit wedge and dip into salt and grapefruit zest mixture.
Add Gin, lemon juice, grapefruit juice and simple syrup to a martini shaker with ice, shake well, and strain into glass. Add Pellegrino sparkling water and stir. Garnish with grapefruit zest and mint leaves.
Citrus-Basil Spiked Sweet Tea
Ingredients:
8 cups water
7 black tea bags
1 1/2 cups sugar
Juice from 2 lemons
Juice from 2 oranges
1 cup high proof golden rum
Lots of fresh basil leaves, left intact
Directions: Bring half of the water to boil and add your tea bags. Steep them for about 5 minutes, and remove. Add the sugar and stir the tea until it’s dissolved. Transfer the tea to a pitcher and stir in your lemon and orange juice and the rum. Add some fresh basil leaves and chill in the fridge until ready to serve. Serve in a tall glass over ice with fresh orange and lemon wedges with fresh basil leaves.
The Razzle-Dazzle
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 oz. raspberry vodka
1/2 teaspoon simple syrup
Champagne
2 raspberries
Directions: Pour the lemon juice, vodka, and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake well, strain into a champagne flute and top with champagne and garnish with a raspberry
Spicy Strawberry Moji-tea
Ingredients:
4 oz. Tea & Honey Strawberry Acai Tea
1 oz Tanteo Jalapeno Tequila
Prosecco
Mint
Strawberries
Directions: Muddle mint and strawberries in the bottom of a shaker. Add the Lipton Tea & Honey Iced Tea, tequila and ice in a shaker. Shake and strain into a glass. Top with Prosecco and serve.
In Closing
These sound good enough to make right now.