Give your Bloody Mary a bloody eye, and tell Sex on the Beach to go wear a sarong. Cocktails today have to try very hard to impress your palate and surprise it. Here are a few exotic ones that will challenge your taste buds.
POLO POLITA
Ingredients
Melon puree: 15 ml
Vodka: 45 ml
Triple Sec: 10 ml
Lime juice: 5 ml
Watermelon
How?
Mix the puree, vodka, Triple Sec and lime juice in a shaker and shake well. Pour the mix out into a short glass. Cut three watermelon cubes and skewer them together on a pick. Garnish the drink with the watermelon pick and serve.
CAIPIRINHA
Ingredients
Lemon cut into eight pieces
Cachaca: 50 ml
Sugar: 2 tablespoonfuls
Crushed ice
How?
Muddle the lime pieces and sugar at the bottom of a small glass. Add Cachaca. Add one cup of crushed ice. Cover and shake vigorously. Garnish with a lime wedge and serve.
WHITE WINE SPRITZER
Ingredients
White Wine: 150 ml
Crème de Menthe: 10 ml
Lemonade
Crushed ice
How?
Take the wine and liqueur and mix them in a tall glass. Pour a cup of crushed ice into the mix. Top it up with lemonade and serve.
ELECTRIC WATERMELON
Ingredients
Bombay Sapphire Gin: 45 ml
Triple Sec: 10 ml
Honey Dew
Melon Puree: 15 ml
Ice
7-Up
Watermelon
How?
Mix the puree, vodka, Triple Sec and lime juice in a shaker and shake well. Pour the mix out into a short glass. Cut three watermelon cubes and skewer them together on a pick. Garnish the drink with the watermelon pick and serve.
CARIBBEAN SUN CHASER
Ingredients
Bacardi Rum: 45 ml
Monin Coco liqueur: 10 ml
Pineapple juice: 30 ml
A slice of pineapple
How?
Mix the rum, pineapple juice and liqueur in a shaker and shake well. Pour it into a glass, garnish it with a pineapple wedge and serve.
GLACIER BLUE MARTINI
Ingredients
Blue Sapphire Gin: 30 ml
Vodka: 15 ml
Blue Corazon: 5 ml
Crushed ice
Red 3
How?
Pour the gin, vodka and liqueur in a shaker and shake well. Place the Martini glass in a small tumbler of crushed ice. To add contrast to the blue Martini, mix some red additive, like Red 3, to the ice bed and serve.
BUBBLEGUM MARTINI
Ingredients
Bailey’s Irish Cream: 15 ml
Crème de Banana liqueur: 15 ml
Cointreau: 15 ml
Crushed ice
How?
Shake three equal portions of the liqueurs in a cocktail shaker and pour into a Martini glass. Place the Martini glass in a small tumbler of crushed ice and serve.
STRAWBERRY MARTINI
Ingredients
Bombay Sapphire Gin: 45 ml
Crème de Fraise (a strawberry-flavoured liqueur): 5 ml
Extra Dry Martini: 5ml
Crushed ice and a red rose
How?
Pour the gin, liqueur and Martini into a shaker, shake well and pour into a Martini glass. Place in a small tumbler of crushed ice, garnish it with a rose petal and serve.
