With the weather warming up, we thought we would shake things up with some cocktail inspiration - feeling thirsty?!
Blushing Bride
4oz. Champagne
1 oz. Peach Schnapps
Splash of Cranberry Juice
Combine champagne and Peach Schnapps in a champagne glass, and top it off with a splash of cranberry juice to make it “blush!” This easy, but elegant cocktail will definitely be a hit at your Puerto Rico wedding!
Mojio
Ice
10 leaves of fresh mint
1.5 oz. simple syrup
2 oz. white rum
3.4 oz. fresh lime juice
Combine mint leaves and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker and muddle together. Add lime juice and white rum, then add ice. Seal cocktail shaker, and shake briskly for 15-20 seconds. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Garnish with a mint sprig, for Puerto Rico wedding flair!
Passion Fruit Shooters
30ml of vodka
1 tbs coconut liqueur
1 tbs grenadine
1 passionfruit
Organge juice
Raspberries and ice to serve
Fill 2 chilled glasses with ice. Add 30ml vodka, 1 tbs coconut liqueur. Carefully pour 1 tbs grenadine down the side of each glass. Add pulp from 1 passionfruit and top with orange juice. Garnish with raspberries. Serve.
Strawberry Cosmopolitan
1.5 oz. citrus vodka
3-4 fresh strawberries (plus 2-3 for garnish)
1 oz cointreau
0.5 oz. fresh lime juice
Muddle 3-4 fresh strawberries in a cocktail shaker along with vodka, Cointreau, and fresh lime juice.
Add ice to the shaker and shake until chilled.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with 2-3 fresh strawberries and serve.
2 oz. white rum
3.4 oz. fresh lime juice
Combine mint leaves and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker and muddle together. Add lime juice and white rum, then add ice. Seal cocktail shaker, and shake briskly for 15-20 seconds. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Garnish with a mint sprig, for Puerto Rico wedding flair!
Passion Fruit Shooters
30ml of vodka
1 tbs coconut liqueur
1 tbs grenadine
1 passionfruit
Organge juice
Raspberries and ice to serve
Fill 2 chilled glasses with ice. Add 30ml vodka, 1 tbs coconut liqueur. Carefully pour 1 tbs grenadine down the side of each glass. Add pulp from 1 passionfruit and top with orange juice. Garnish with raspberries. Serve.
Strawberry Cosmopolitan
1.5 oz. citrus vodka
3-4 fresh strawberries (plus 2-3 for garnish)
1 oz cointreau
0.5 oz. fresh lime juice
Muddle 3-4 fresh strawberries in a cocktail shaker along with vodka, Cointreau, and fresh lime juice.
Add ice to the shaker and shake until chilled.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with 2-3 fresh strawberries and serve.
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