Quarantine drink recipes

Hello babies ! i trust you loves are doing great. It's a beautiful Saturday deserving of a refreshing beverage I mean it's been a tough week for all of us and still will be for couple of more days, maybe weeks, or even months ( God forbid) . I am certain most of you stocked up on some of your favorite beverages maybe a little bit of gin there too, So let's make a drink.

Since we cannot go to our favorite hot spot(s) and order our favorite drinks, I thought I should share with you guys some of my go to drink recipes that you can try during the lock down.

Drink 1

My beverage of choice is Gordon's London dry gin.

Ingredients

1. Ice ice baby !

2. Tonic water

3. Dry lemon

4. Slice of lemon and slice of cucumber

5. Mint leaves

6. Star of the show: 2 shots of Gordon's London dry gin

Method

Pour and mix all the ingredients together as listed above in a wine glass (personal preference) and mix well. This is legit refreshing.

Drink 2

4th street sweet red cocktail:

1. 125ml 4th STREET Re

2. 45ml Litchi Juice

3. 25ml Pineapple Juice

4. 35ml Tequila Blanco

5. 20ml Orange Peel infused Honeybush Syrup

Method

* Make tea with 400ml of hot water and 3 honey-bush tea bags

* Add 200ml sugar syrup

* Peel 1 orange, place peels in honeybush tea for 10 minutes then strain and allow to cool

shake the litchi juice, pineapple juice, tequila, honey-bush syrup and 4th STREET over ice

* Pour into a tumbler and garnish with dried orange.

Favorite drink to drink when i am Netflexing and chilling. Check out 4th street for more cocktail recipes.

Drink 3

1. 2 shots of pink gin

2. 200ml tonic water

3. 25ml radish and red chicory juice made from around 10 radishes and 4 leaves of red chicory 1 radish cut into thin slices Rosemary

4. Prig Lavender sprig

5. Glassful of ice Place the ice into a large red wine glass.

Method

Take the radishes and red chicory and extract the juice using a juicer. Pour the juice over the ice then slowly add the gin and the tonic, give it a gentle stir and garnish with sliced radishes, a rosemary sprig, lavender and a sprinkle of juniper berries.

I never really cared about making cocktails but now i am more eager to learn new recipes and be creative with them. Thanks to Will for that first lock down drink he made for me.

*Not for the persons under the age of 18 years old.