The scorching sun outside and the stuffy indoors call out for some delicious thirst quenchers. All you need are some delicious fruits, juices, a muddle, blender, and a shaker. Chop, blend and shake and voila — delicious wonders served up in a glass!
Recipes for easy mocktails –
1. Mango Mule –
Mango Mule
Ingredients
4-5 slices of cucumber
1 oz honey syrup
1.5 oz mango puree
1.5 oz fresh lime juice
1.5 oz ginger beer
Ice
Instructions
Muddle cucumber and honey syrup in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add the mango puree and lime juice and shake with ice vigorously. Strain into a copper mug. Top with ginger beer and stir.
2. Virgin Cucumber Gimlet –
Virgin Cucumber Gimlet
Ingredients
1.5 oz club soda
4-5 slices of muddled cucumber
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
Instructions
Combine all ingredients and shake with ice. Serve in a rocks glass over crushed ice. Garnish with a rolled cucumber slice.
3. Virgin Mary –
Virgin Mary
Ingredients
4 ounces tomato juice
1/2 ounce beef stock or bullion
Dash of lemon juice
2 drops of Tobasco (or, to taste)
Pinch of celery salt
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Pinch of fresh ground black pepper (optional)
Instructions
Pour everything right into the glass and stir well. Serve with a celery stalk.
4. Mockmosa –
Mockmosa
Ingredients
2 parts orange juice
3 parts dry sparkling white grape juice
Instructions
Pour the orange juice into a flute glass and then pour the sparkling white grape juice. Optionally, you can garnish with a mint sprig.
5. Luscious Lou –
Luscious Lou
Ingredients
1 1/2 ounces orange vodka
1/2 ounce Cointreau
2 1/2 ounces orange juice
2 1/2 ounces cranberry juice
1 1/2 ounces club soda
Instructions
Fill a collins glass with ice. Pour in the orange vodka followed by the cointreau, orange juice and cranberry juice. Top off with the club soda.
6. Summertime Coconut Lavender Lemonade –
Summertime Coconut Lavender Lemonade
Ingredients
8 cups of Coconut Water
Juice of 10 lemons
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
1 Tbsp Dried Lavender
1 drop of Red Food Coloring
1 drop of Blue Food Coloring
Instructions
To begin you will need to make a lavender simple syrup. This will both sweeten your lemonade, and flavor it. Simply combine 2 cups of sugar with two cups of water. Bring it to a boil, and stir until the sugar dissolves. Next add the dried lavender, and allow it to steep for 20 minutes. If you are wondering where to find the dried lavender, you can find it in most health food or specialty stores.
While the lavender is steeping in the simple syrup you can combine the juice of 10 lemons with 8 cups of coconut water. If your coconut water comes with the pulp in it, you will need to strain it out.
Once the lavender is finished steeping strain the dried lavender from the simple syrup. Add 1 drop of red food coloring and 1 drop of blue food coloring. This will give your lemonade that lovely lavender color. Now add it to the coconut water and lemon juice.
Give everything a nice mix together and you are ready to enjoy!
7. Berry Burlesque –
Berry Burlesque
Ingredients
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz honey syrup
1 oz black currant puree
4-6 mint leaves
Ginger Beer
Instructions
Combine and shake all ingredients except ginger beer in a shaker tin with ice, and then strain over fresh ice. Top with ginger beer.
8. Lavender Lemonade –
Lavender Lemonade
Ingredients
6 cups water
.5 cup light-colored honey
5 tbsp dried lavender
1 cup fresh lemon juice, strained
Instructions
Bring water and honey to a boil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Gently crush the lavender in a mortar and pestle or in a bowl with a meat tenderizer. Add the crushed lavender to the pot then remove it from the heat. Cover, refrigerate, and steep for 2 hours. Strain the liquid through a fine mesh sieve. Stir in the lemon juice and serve over ice.
Nothing has the ability to put you in the summer mood faster than sipping on a brightly colored, fruity flavored drink. Now, try these easy summer mocktails and home and enjoy your summer!