Cocktail is a special type of mixed wine. It uses one or more wines as the base wine, with other auxiliary materials, such as juice, cream, raw eggs, syrup, etc., through certain preparation methods, such as shaking and mixing. method, blending method, blending method, floating method or stirring method, and finally prepared. After the preparation is completed, it will be cupped and decorated to form an artistic wine that integrates color, aroma, taste and shape.
Cocktails have various...
The origin of cocktails
Cocktail is a special type of mixed wine. It uses one or more wines as the base wine, with other auxiliary materials, such as juice, cream, raw eggs, syrup, etc., through certain preparation methods, such as shaking and mixing. method, blending method, blending method, floating method or stirring method, and finally prepared. After the preparation is completed, it will be cupped and decorated to form an artistic wine that integrates color, aroma, taste and shape.
Cocktails have various flavors, depending on the type and proportion of base liquor and auxiliary ingredients used. Common base liquors include rum, gin, tequila, vodka, whiskey, brandy and other spirits or wines. Excipients may include juice, egg white, bitters, milk, coffee, sugar, etc., which add rich taste and layer to the cocktail.
The origin of cocktails is not completely clear, but there are many legends and stories related to it, which are fascinating. In 1777, Betsy Flanagan invented the American "cocktail". Cocktails originated in a tavern decorated with cocktail feathers in Elmsford, New York in 1776. One day when all kinds of wine in the tavern were almost sold out, some officers came in to buy wine. A waitress named Betsy Flanagan poured all the remaining wine into a large container, and plucked a feather from a big rooster to stir the wine and served it to the guests. The officers looked at the color of the wine and couldn't taste what it tasted like, so they asked Betsy. Betsy answered casually: "This is a cocktail!" An officer heard the word, happily raised his glass to toast, and shouted: "Long live the cocktail!" From then on, the name "cocktail" came into being. This is the origin recognized in America.
Now, let’s learn how to make nine simple and delicious cocktails so that you can easily open a mobile bar.
1.Starry Sky Gin & Tonic
●Ingredients: 45ml gin, 1 can of tonic water, 20ml lemon, butterfly pea flower water, appropriate amount of ice cubes●Method:
- Prepare an empty glass, add ice cubes, and pour in gin
- Pour in the gin and tonic until about 80% full, then squeeze in the lemon juice
- Slowly pour in the butterfly pea flower water, and finally add fresh petals for decoration and it’s done.
2.Gin Osmanthus Tea
●Ingredients: Gin, dried osmanthus, soda water, lemon juice, honey, dried osmanthus, ice cubes●Method:
- Preparation in advance: Add dried osmanthus to a glass jar, pour in gin, cover tightly, and refrigerate for one day.
- Prepare a glass, add an appropriate amount of ice cubes, and pour in the soaked osmanthus gin
- Then add an appropriate amount of honey, squeeze in lemon juice, and finally pour in soda water, top it up, and decorate with dried osmanthus and you're done
3.Melon Gin Tonic
●Ingredients: 1 ounce of gin, 1 ounce of melon liqueur, 15 ml of lemon juice, 1 bottle of soda water, appropriate amount of syrup, ice cubes●Method:
- Add large ice cubes to the mixing cup, pour in gin, melon liqueur, lemon juice, and syrup respectively, and stir evenly with a bar spoon
- Prepare the glass, pour the stirred wine into the glass, and finally decorate it with green raisins to complete the dish.
4.Blue Margarita
●Ingredients: 45ml tequila, 20ml blue orange liqueur, 15ml lemon juice, appropriate amount of ice cubes, appropriate amount of fine salt●Method:
- Prepare the glass, put a lemon wedge close to the rim of the glass and circle it with a wet edge, turn the glass upside down and let the rim of the glass be dipped in fine salt to make a lace
- Take out the shaker, add ice cubes, pour in tequila, blue cura liqueur, lemon juice, cover the shaker tightly and shake evenly
- Pour the shaken wine into the glass and you’re done.
5.Ice Breaker
●Material:45ml agave, 15ml Cointreau, 35ml grapefruit juice, 3ml pomegranate syrup, grapefruit slices, rosemary●Method:
- Prepare the glass, add ice cubes and use a bar spoon to rotate the ice glass, pour out the excess ice water and set aside.
- Prepare the shaker, add ice cubes, pour in the tequila, Cointreau, grapefruit juice, and pomegranate syrup in sequence, cover the shaker tightly, and shake the shaker vigorously to evenly distribute.
3. Pour the shaken wine into a glass, add grapefruit slices and rosemary to garnish, and you’re done
6.Love At First Sight
●Material:20ml vodka, 30ml gin, 5ml grenadine syrup, 60ml water-soluble c, half lemon juice, appropriate amount of ice cubes●Method:
- Prepare the shaker, pour vodka, gin, grenadine, water-soluble c, and lemon juice in sequence, cover the shaker tightly, and shake the shaker vigorously to evenly mix.
- Pour the shaken wine into a glass, add an appropriate amount of ice cubes and lemon slices, and garnish
7.Gin Jasmine Tea
●Ingredients: 80ml jasmine tea, 45ml gin, ice cubes, 15ml lemon juice, 20ml syrup●Method:
- Prepare an empty glass, add ice cubes, pour gin and lemon juice
- Then pour in the syrup, then pour in the jasmine tea that has been brewed in advance, top it up, and finally decorate it with jasmine flowers and it’s done.
8.Tokyo Iced Tea
●Ingredients: 15ml vodka, 15ml white rum, 15ml tequila, 15ml gin, 20ml melon liqueur, 20ml lemon juice, Sprite●Method:
- Prepare an empty glass, pour melon liqueur, gin, white rum, vodka and agave, then squeeze in lemon juice, cover the shaker tightly, and shake the shaker vigorously.
- Then add ice cubes, pour the shaken wine into the glass, top it up with Sprite, and finally decorate with 2 slices of lemon and it’s done.
9.White Russian
●Ingredients: 30ml of Kahlua, 60ml of Absolut vodka, 30ml of light cream (semi-foamed), coffee beans, ice cubes●How to do:
- Put the coffee beans into the plate, ignite them and cover them with a glass to keep the aroma for about 20 seconds.
- Put ice cubes into a glass, pour in Absolut vodka and Kahlua coffee liqueur, stir evenly
- Pour in semi-foamed whipped cream, decorate with coffee beans and you're done.
