These easy cocktail recipes will surely perk up your weekend

Fancy yourself as a bit of a mixologist but really can’t whip up more than a G&T? Here are two recipes to help you create cocktails at home, whether you’ve got just a handful of bottles in your cupboard or a fully laden drinks trolley.

These easy-to-follow recipes require basic cocktail-making equipment, and can be cobbled together from what's already in your kitchen.

Summer Green

Prep Time: 3 mins
Serves: 1

Glassware that is best served in Mason Jar/Tall glass. Thin slices of cucumber on a satay stick and a sprig of basil leaves

Ingredients

Four Seasons Chenin Blanc - 90 ml
Cucumber: 3-4 numbers
Basil leaves: 2-3 numbers
Lime juice: 15 ml
Sugar syrup: 10 ml

Garnish: Cucumber slices and basil leaves

Method
For cucumber salad:
1. Deseed the cucumber
2. Chop cucumber with skin
3. Add salt, chili flakes and lime juice
4. Refrigerate for 30 minutes and serve as an accompaniment to the cocktail

For the cocktail:
5. Add all ingredients to a blender and blend with ice
6. Pour into glass, garnish and serve

- Recipe courtesy: Four Seasons wine


Iced Coffee Lemonade

Serves: 2

Ingredients
Juice of 1.5 Lime/lemon
Sugar syrup - 4 to 5 tablespoons (depending on taste)
Brewed coffee - 320 to 330ml (Cooled) (PURE COFFEE)
Ice - enough to fill both glasses

Method
Split the lemon/lime juice between 2 glasses
Add 2 tablespoons of sugar syrup (cooled) , in each glass. (Note : add to taste)
Fill 3/4th of the glass with icecubes
Pour brewed coffee over the ice
Stir and enjoy!

- Recipe courtesy: Tapaswini Purnesh, Director Marketing & Promotions, Classic Coffees