From margaritas, daiquiris to mudslides, you can just pick the one you like. Read more to know about summer cocktails.

Summer Cocktails

Summer is the season adorned with beautiful and sweet smelling flowers, which remain fresh even in the scorching heat of sun. Lazy days and twilight hours of summers is the perfect time for relaxation. It’s also the season for parties and outings with your family and friends. However, soaring temperature makes you worry about heat and sweat. A cool summer cocktail can come to your rescue from that scorching heat and sweat. What can be a better way to relax than with a glassful of a fruity cocktail? Generally, summer cocktails contain rum, vodka, and fruit juices. So, turn your porch into a sunset paradise with some refreshing cocktails. From margaritas, daiquiris to mudslides, you can just pick the one you like. What makes them a favorite is that they are easy to make. So be creative, mix some of your favorite juices with alcohol, and get ready to enjoy some exotic cooling wonders. Here are some of the popular summer cocktails, which you can make at home and enjoy with your family and friends. 
 
 
Easy Summer Cocktail Recipes
 
Blue Hawaiian
 
What You Need 
  • 2 ounce pineapple juice
  • 1 ounce vodka
  • 1/2 ounce blue curacao liquor
  • 1 ounce coconut cream
  • 1 ounce light rum
  • Crushed Ice 
How To Make 
  • Mix all the ingredients together except crushed ice.
  • Once the mixture is well done, add crushed ice.
  • Shake the mixture well and serve. 
Classic Greens: A Summer Cooler
 
What You Need 
  • 30 ml Mint liquor
  • 60 ml Vodka
  • 500 ml Soda water
  • Mint leaves for garnish
  • Ice cubes 
How To Make 
  • In a glass full of ice cubes, pour vodka and mint liquor.
  • Top this mixture with soda water.
  • Garnish with mint leaves.
  • Your classic green cocktail is ready. 
Humming Bird: Desert Cocktail
 
What You Need
  • 1 ounce coffee flavored liquor
  • 1/2 ounce strawberry flavored syrup
  • 1 cup crushed ice
  • 1 ounce milk
  • 1 ounce rum cream liquor
  • 1/2 banana 
How To Make 
  • In a blender, add rum cream liquor, strawberry syrup and coffee liquor.
  • Blend until smooth.
  • Add banana and crushed ice to the mixture.
  • Blend until smooth
  • Pour into glasses and serve. 
La Chic Martinique
 
What You Need
  • 1 ounce rum
  • 1 ounce simple syrup
  • Soda water
  • Zest of lime
  • 1 ounce vodka
  • Splash of lime juice 
How To Make 
  • First, mix rum, vodka, simple syrup and lime juice together.
  • Pour the mixture over ice and shake it well.
  • Add soda water and shake the mixture well until frothy.
  • Pour the mixture into a glass.
  • Add lime zest and your summer cocktail is ready to serve. 
Mojito
 
What You Need
  • 1/2 lime ( chopped)
  • 1/2 ounce sugar syrup
  • 2 ounce white rum
  • Soda water
  • Crushed ice
  • 6 mint leaves 
How To Make 
  • In a blender, add chopped lime, mint leaves, sugar syrup, and blend well.
  • Next, add crushed ice and white rum to the mixture.
  • Blend well.
  • Strain the mixture into glasses.
  • Complete your cocktail by topping it with soda.

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