While traveling around the world seems to be at a standstill, there's plenty that you can do while you're staying home and staying safe to make you feel miles away.
Nothing says "vacation" quite like a tropical drink! Cheers to your grand staycation with these recipes:
Blue Hawaii:
Ingredients:
- 3/4 oz Vodka
- 3/4 oz Light rum
- 1/2 oz Blue curaçao
- 3 oz Pineapple juice
- 1 oz Sweet-and-sour mix
- Garnish: Pineapple wedge
- Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. (Or blend all ingredients with ice in a blender.)
- Strain into a Hurricane glass over crushed or pebble ice. (Or pour from blender into glass with no ice.)
- Garnish with a pineapple wedge and don't forget the cocktail umbrella!
Mojito:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 oz White rum
- 6 leaves of Mint
- Soda Water
- 1 oz Fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons Sugar
- Muddle the mint sprigs in the glass with sugar and lime juice.
- Add the rum and top with soda water.
- Garnish with sprig of mint leaves.
Tequila Sunrise:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 ounces tequila
- 3/4 cup orange juice
- 3/4 ounce grenadine syrup
- Orange slice, for garnish
- Maraschino cherry, for garnish
- In a highball glass filled with ice, pour in the tequila and orange juice.
- Slowly pour the grenadine into the glass over the back of a spoon or by drizzling it down the side of the glass, allowing it to settle at the bottom.
- Garnish with an orange slice and maraschino cherry.
