the perfect paloma cocktail

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 shots of reposado tequila (or any good quality blanco)
• juice of half a ruby grape fruit
• 1/2 shot of agave syrup or sugar syrup
• about 75ml club soda
• a squirt of fresh lime juice (optional)

Instructions

1. Mix the grapefruit juice, tequila and sugar syrup until well mixed.
2. Pour over a tall glass filled with ice and top up with soda water. You could add a squirt of lime juice which is nice and I did, and you could also rim the glass with salt.

Notes

If you are wanting to reduce your sugar intake, simply leave the sugar out. Its less sweet but delicious.

Pink grapefruit gin & tonic

• 2 shots of gin (50ml)
• 150ml tonic
• in a glass with ice
• top it up with freshly squeezed pink grapefruit 
• Garnish with a wedge or a slice of fresh grapefruit

frozen watermelon daiquiri

Ingredients

• 3 - 4 cups frozen watermelon chunks
• 60ml sugar syrup (or more if you like it sweeter)
• a few basil or mint leaves
• +- 150ml coconut water
• 50ml (2 x shots) white rum, vodka, tequila - optional
• juice from 1 lime

frozen pineapple daiquiri

Ingredients

• 3 cups freshly cut pineapple chunks (half frozen, half unfrozen)
• about 1 cup of ice or crushed ice
• 60ml sugar syrup
• 50ml (2 x shots) white rum - optional
• juice from 1 lime

Instructions

1. Put all of the ingredients in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth, pale and fluffy.
2. Drink immediately

Strawberry Rhubarb Mint Mojito

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB MINT MOJITOS

Yield: 1 cocktail

INGREDIENTS

• 5 fresh mint, muddled or chopped
• 6 tablespoons of strawberry rhubarb mint simple syrup
• ½ lime, juiced
• 2 ounce white rum
• 7 ounces sparkling water

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Prepare the strawberry rhubarb mint simple syrup.
2. Fill 2 glasses with ice, and add 6 tablespoons of the syrup to each glass, followed by crushed mint leaves, lime juice, rum, and sparkling water.
3. Garnish with more mint and enjoy!