5 Cocktails you can easily prepare at home
When the weekend arrives, we all dream for a refreshing drink in the relaxing company of friends or a loved one.
And nothing can boost our mood like cocktails – those very pleasant flavors, slightly dizzying our head drinks that are fascinating because of its wealth of ingredients and fresh fruit decoration. Here are five most ordered cocktails around the world.
1.Mojito – Magic of Cuba
Mojito is a traditional Cuban cocktail, which contains rum, soda water, lime, sugar, and mint.
The combination of refreshing citrus and mint breath conceals the strong intoxicating effect of rum and make this cocktail very pleasant. Prepare it in a tall glass and decorate it with fresh mint leaves.
The name of the cocktail comes from the word mojo, which means “African magic.”
Ingredients:
rum, soda water, lime juice, sugar and mint
Main alcohol: Rum
2. Bloody Mary
Bloody Mary is a drink with a unique taste, despite its horrifying name.
This cocktail is prepared mainly with vodka and tomato juice.
It may be added lemon juice, Tabasco pepper tomato sauce and a pinch of salt.
Ingredients:
vodka, tomato juice
Main alcohol: Vodka
3. Pina Colada
This is a classic and exotic beverage that is really popular thanks to the sweet, coconut flavor and its milky taste.
Ramon “Monchito” Marrero, a bartender at The Caribe Hilton Hotel in Puerto Rico, first created this drink after
three months of improvements to the recipe.
This happened in the middle of summer – August 15 1954 and since then pina colada is one of the most enjoyable
cocktails worldwide.
Ingredients:
Pineapple juice, white rum, coconut cream
Main alcohol: Rum
4. Sex on the Beach
One of the most popular vodka cocktails, the Sex on the Beach is a delicious,
fruity drink that anyone will like and everyone can make.
Ingredients:
Vodka, Cranberry juice, Peach schnapps, Orange juice
Main alcohol: Vodka
5. Cosmopolitan
We really have to thank the truly amazing TV show Sex and the City
for making this delicious cocktail so popular.
“Cosmo” is definitely one of the absolute favorite alcohol beverage of many women out there.
Ingredients:
Lime juice, Cranberry juice, Cointreau, Vodka
Main alcohol: Vodka, Cointreau
The flavor, the aroma, the colors – you’ll love them for life! Please share with us your favorite cocktail!