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Top 5 Cool
Summer Cocktails

Now you've got easy step-by-step instructions on how to make the top 5 IT cocktail for the summer 2007 season.

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1. Fresh Mojito for IT girls

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 shot Light rum
  • 1/2 tot Lime juice
  • 1 Handful Fresh mint sprigs
  • 2 tsp Sugar
  • Soda water

Directions:

  1. Gently mix the mint and sugar with a splash of soda water in a mixing glass until the sugar dissolve and you smell the mint
  2. Squeeze the lime into the glass, add rum and shake with ice
  3. Strain over ice in a highball glass
  4. Garnish with a lemon twist or mint sprig
2. Sinful Pina Colada
  • 2 shots Light rum
  • 6 shots Pineapple juice or crushed pineapple
  • 3 tbsp coconut milk/cream*
    *alternative: Malibu rum with normal cream

Directions:

  1. In a blender combine 2 cups crushed ice, pineapple juice, rum and cream.
  2. Blend until smooth
  3. Pour into a glass of your choice
  4. Garnish with a slice/wedge of fresh pineapple and 1 maraschino cherry

Ingredients:

3. Classy Cosmopolitan

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 shots Vodka
  • 1 shot Cointreau
  • 1 1/4 shots Cranberry juice
  • 1/4 shot Freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1/2 spoon lime cordial

Directions:

  1. Pour all the ingredients into a shaker with lots of ice
  2. Shake vigorously for several seconds and strain into a martini cocktail glass
  3. Garnish with a lime twist
4. Summer Sea Breeze

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 shot Vodka
  • 1/2 glass Fresh Grapefruit juice
  • 2 shot Cranberry juice

Directions:

  1. Pour vodka into an highball glass with lots of ice
  2. Fill partially with grapefruit juice and top with cranberry juice
  3. Garnish with a lime wedge
5. Quenching Long Island iced tea

Ingredients

  • 1/2 tot Vodka
  • 1/2 tot Gin
  • 1/2 tot Rum
  • 1/2 tot Tequila (optional)
  • 1/2 tot Triple Sec
  • 1 tot Sweet & Sour

Directions:

  1. Mix all contents together in a tall highball glass & stir gently
  2. Top with Coke
  3. Garnish with a lemon twist and mint sprig

There are many fantastic websites with cocktail recipe guidelines. Our favourite is inthespirit.

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