When talking about a picnic, food is usually in the foreground. Nevertheless, it is necessary to ensure that the guests are not thirsty. You can show your creative streak by mixing different types of drinks, which will spice up your meeting with friends.
Beer is not the only drink that goes with barbecue delicacies. Therefore, the people at your picnic will be even more excited when they discover that you have prepared something special for them. Because recipes for the most popular cocktails many of you already know, we decided to find some that you probably haven't heard of. Let yourself go 5 cocktails recommended by London baristas.
The Bathtub Bomb
Ingridients:
- 2 scoops of tequila
- 1 scoop of lemon juice
- 1 scoop of sugar syrup
- 3 scoops of grapefruit juice
- 3 scoops of ginger cola
The key to a good cocktail lies above all in the right ratio between alcohol and soft drinks, which the Bathtub Bomb certainly has.
The Naughty Cuppa
Ingridients:
- a basket of strawberries
- half of a cucumber
- 3 sprigs of mint
- 2 teaspoons of honey
- squeezed lemon
- ice cubes
- 300 ml of gin
- 2 bags of jasmine tea
- a bottle of champagne
Soak the tea bags in the gin and wait for them to release their contents into the drink. Add the rest of the ingredients except the champagne to the bowl and mix everything together with an electric mixer. Pour 100 ml of the resulting liquid into a champagne glass and add a few drops of champagne.
The Killer Char-Griller
Ingridients:
- 5 scoops of gin
- 2 scoops of fruit
- 1 scoop of sugar syrup
- ice cubes
- roasted fruit
When making this cocktail, it will only take you some time to bake the fruit on the grill. You can spice up the drink with oranges, strawberries, lemons... Before adding fruit, mix it together with ice in a jug.
Bobby's Bung-It-In
Ingridients:
- 8 squeezed lemons
- 200 g of sugar
- 700 ml of brandy (rum, whiskey, gin or vodka)
- 700 ml of chilled black tea
Mix everything together in a bowl. Then let the drink rest for about an hour. Add ice and some nutmeg. The cocktail is ready in no time.
Grandma's Dancing Juice
Ingridients:
- 350 ml of gin
- 200 ml of Aperol bitters
- 150 ml of fresh grapefruit juice
- 225 ml of fresh lime juice
- 150 ml of pomegranate juice
- 75 ml sugar syrup
- mineral water
Aperol gin and bitters are gaining in popularity, so this summer is the perfect time to use them in your cocktails. Pour all ingredients into a bowl filled with ice and stir. The drink can be decorated with orange and grapefruit peels.
