Four super-easy summer cocktail recipes to get you weekend-ready

Planning a slumber party with your best girlfriends? Or is it date night? Whatever the occasion, a yummy chilled cocktail can always make it better.

Freshness Punch



Ingredients

Cucumber slices: 6-7
Basil: 3-4 leaves
Gin: 60 ml
Tonic water: 100 ml
Fresh lemon juice: 5 ml
Honey: 10 ml

Method

- Muddle the cucumber slices with basil
- Add lemon juice, honey, gin and tonic water and shake well with ice cubes
- Strain and serve chilled

Colorado Cooler



Ingredients

Soda: 45 ml
Fresh lemon juice: 5 ml
Simple syrup: 10 ml
Whisky: 60 ml
Bitters: A dash

Method

- Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice cubes.
- Strain and serve chilled.

Citrus Limetta Martini



Ingredients

Sweet lime juice: 60 ml
Vodka: 45 ml
Orange liqueur: 15 ml
Fresh lemon juice: 10 ml

Method

- Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice cubes.
- Strain into a martini glass and serve.

Mangorita



Ingredients

Mango puree: 20 ml
Tequila: 45 ml
Orange liqueur: 15 ml
Dry green chilli paste: ½ tsp
Fresh lemon juice: 5 ml
Rock salt & fried green chilli paste: For the rim

Method

- Line the rim of a margarita glass with the rock salt and fried green chilli paste
- Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice cubes
- Strain and serve