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Ingredients1oz Tia Maria Cold Brew coffee liqueur1oz Disaronno Velvet1oz Vodka 1oz EspressoServe with a sprinkle of 3 coffee beansMethodDry shake, then shake with ice. Serve in a couple or martini glass.

Ingredients40ml Tia Maria Matcha40ml VodkaMatcha powder for the rim of the glassMethodPour Tia Maria Matcha and vodka into a cocktail shaker. Top up the shaker with ice. Shake the ingredients together. Pour in the contents of the shaker using a strainer and sieve into a coupe or martini glass.

Ingredients:30ml Copalli Cacao Raw Cacao Powder Single Cream 15ml vanilla extract syrupMethod: Mix ¼ cup of cacao powder together with boiling hot water into a latte glass (fill water up to just over half of the glass). Next add the 5ml vanilla extract. Then add the 30ml shot of Copalli Cacao, give it all a stir. Top the rest of the glass up with single cream. Dust cacao powder to garnish!

**Ingredients:50ml CÎROC Pomegranate150ml Soda WaterGarnish: Pomegranate seed & sprig of rosemaryMethod:**Mix and enjoy!

**Ingredients:**50ml Casamigos Blanco Tequila25ml Fresh Lime Juice15ml Simple Syrup 2 Cucumber Slices1 Jalapeno Slice

Ingredients:35ml Tanqueray Blackcurrant Royale 15ml Cranberry Juice 15ml Lemon Juice 10ml Sugar Syrup 1ml of vanilla extract 100ml ChampagneMethod: Shake all ingredients except Champagne in an ice filled shaker Pour into a champagne coupeTop with 100ml ChampagneGarnish with a sprig of Thyme and lightly toasted star anise

**Ingredients:1.5 oz. Ketel One Vodka or Ketel One CitroenFlavored Vodka1L Tomato juice4 oz. Lemon juice4 tsp. Salt1 tsp. Black pepper1 tsp. Smoked paprika5 tbsp. Horseradish3 Dashes Worcestershire sauce7-10 Dashes hot sauceMethod:**Combine ingredients in a mixing glass. Shake with ice and strain into a collins glass filled with ice. Garnish with a celery stalk, olive, or lemon wedge!

Ingredients:30ml Belvedere Lemon & Basil 15ml Pressed Apple Juice1 Tsp Honey Water 45ml Soda Water30ml Dry Sparkling White WineMethod all ingredients to a spritz glass over cubed ice and stir gently. Garnish with a lemon wheel and basil leaves.

Ingredients4-5 mint leaves4 blackberries 50ml Boë Bramble Gin50ml lemon juice25ml sugar syrup60ml soda water **Method:**Add mint leaves and blackberries into a shaker and muddle. Then, add the gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup add ice, and shake. Double strain into a large with ice and top up with soda. Garnish with a sprig of mint and blackberries and enjoy!

**Ingredients:Black Cow + English strawberry vodka, 50mlFreshly squeezed lemon juice, 15mlElderflower cordial, 15mlCucumber, a few slicesFresh strawberries, several, slicedFresh mint leaves, a small handfulGinger beer, to topMethod:**Add all ingredients to a large jug and give a good stirServe in glasses, over ice.

Created especially for that sundowner moment with friends, this delicious new aperitif from PIMM's is the ultimate way to bring a sense of occasion to your early evening catch ups this summer. Ingredients50ml PIMMS Sundowner50ml ProseccoSplash of soda1.5 units of fresh raspberriesIceMethodSimply fill a wine glass with ice and combine 50ml each of PIMM's Sundowner and prosecco, top up with soda, then garnish with fresh raspberries.

Ingredients50ml AquaRiva Reposado Tequila15ml AquaRiva Organic Agave Syrup25ml Fresh squeezed LimeShaken with plenty of ice and pour into a glass with ice. Garnish with a twist of orange

Ingredients: 35ml CÎROC Vodka 15ml Créme de Cacao Blanc 25ml Egg White 35ml Condensed Milk 4 Dried RaspberriesMethod: Add ingredients to shaker, dry shake, add ice and wet shake and fine strain. Dust the top with dried raspberries and grated chocolate!

Ingredients:25g Mini easter eggs 1tsp honey25ml crème de cacao (or other chocolate liqueur)25ml Baileys (or other irish cream)50ml Jaffa Cake vodkaIceMethod the Mini Eggs and tip onto a plate. Brush the rim of a martini glass with a little of the honey then dip the glass into the crushed Eggs. Pop the glass in the fridge until you need it.Pour Jaffa Cake Vodka, chocolate liqueur and irish cream into a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice and shake. Strain into your glass and serve.

**Ingredients:25 ml TARQUIN'S CORNISH GIN25 ml LILLET BLANC{sub for any dry vermouth to your taste}25 ml COINTREAU25 ml FRESH LEMON JUICEbar spoon CORNISH PASTISLEMON TWIST {for garnish}Cubed ICEMethod:**Add all of your wet ingredients to an iced cocktail shaker.Shake hard for 30 seconds. Double strain into a chilled coupe glassGarnish with a twist of lemon

Ingredients: 25ml Ballin Vodka15ml elderflower cordialChampagne, to topLemon twist, to garnish **Method:**Shake the vodka with elderflower cordial and pour into a coupe glassTop with champagneAdd a lemon twistEnjoy!

Ingredients: 45ml PATRÓN Silver tequila15ml Premium orange liqueur15ml Fresh lime juice (freshly squeezed)7.5ml Agave syrupCubed iceCoupe glassLime wedge and rock salt rim (optional) for garnish**Method:**If desired, rub lime over half of the rim of a chilled coupe glass and roll in rock saltAdd ice, PATRÓN Silver tequila, premium orange liqueur, fresh lime juice and agave syrup to a shaker. Shake for 15 seconds and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a lime wedge

**Ingredients:**50ml GREY GOOSE Vodka30 ml Single Origin Espresso20 ml Coffee Liqueur

**Ingredients:**25ml Two Birds Gin25ml Sweet Vermouth 25ml CampariIceSlice of orange (for garnish)**Method:**Pour the gin, vermouth and Campari into a mixing glass or jug with ice. Stir well until the outside of the glass feels cold. Strain into a tumbler and add 1 large ice sphere or some fresh ice, and garnish with an orange slice, using a blood orange when in season.

**Ingredients:**2 1/4 cups frozen watermelon cubes 2 shots of vodka 2 tbsp honey 1/2 lemon, squeezed (or a few drops of lemon juice concentrate) 1/2 banana Little bit of water or juice if needed to blend (depends on how frozen your watermelon is)Method: Throw all of the ingredients in a blender and whizz it up until smooth. Job done!

**Ingredients:**Large handful of Ice50ml Tequila reposado25ml Lime juice20ml Triple sec Salt and 2 lime wedges (to garnish)**Method:**Sprinkle a few teaspoons of salt over the surface of a small plate or saucer. Rub one wedge of lime along the rim of a tumbler and then dip it into the salt so that the entire rim is covered. Fill a blender with ice, then add the tequila, lime juice and triple sec. Blend until smooth. Serve with a wedge of lime.

**Ingredients:**60ml Vodka1 tbsp Dry VermouthOlive or lemon peel (to garnish)**Method:**Stir the vodka, dry vermouth and a little ice together or put them in a cocktail shaker to combine.Strain into a chilled martini glass. Serve with an olive on a cocktail stick or a twist of lemon peel.

**Ingredients:**45ml CÎROC PineappleMuddled pineapple3-4 mint leaves20ml sugar syrup30ml fresh lime juice **Method:**Put the muddled pineapple into a Collins glass. Combine the remaining ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into Collins glass, top with crushed ice and garnish with orange peel.

Ingredients:50ml Captain Morgan White Rum25ml Sugar Syrup1 Mint Sprig2 Wedges of Lime7 Mint LeavesSoda WaterMethod: Clap the mint in your palms to release the aroma and place it at the bottom of a tall glass. Slice your lime into pieces and place on top of the mint. Add the sugar syrup on top of the mint and lime. Muddle gently to release the lime juices. Fill your glass 3/4 full with crushed ice (important to use crushed ice to ensure maximum flavour). Pour in Captain Morgan White Rum and soda water. Stir well, top with more crushed ice and garnish with a mint spring.

**Ingredients:**60ml Spiced Rum30ml Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice30 ml Syrup (whatever flavour you prefer)Fresh mint leaves (to garnish)**Method:**Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a coupe. Garnish with fresh mint leaves.

Ingredients: 50ml Smirnoff Vodka12.5ml Triplesec12.5ml Lime Juice25ml Cranberry JuiceMethod: Shake all ingredients together with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

**Ingredients:2 oz. (50ml) Wild Turkey 101 BourbonUp to 1 oz. (25ml) simple syrup3 dashes of bittersOrange zestLarge ice cubeMethod:**Put the ice into a lowball glass filled with a large ice cube. Measure out the Bourbon and pour in a mixing glass with the syrup and bitters. Strain into the lowball glass over the ice Garnish with an orange peel.

**Ingredients:50ml BULLDOG Gin 20g Spinach 60g Apple60g Cucumber 5g Ginger 5ml White balsamic vinegar10ml Lime juice10ml Agave syrupMethod:**Blend the green ingredients together in a blender. Add the lime juice, vinegar and syrup. Pour over the gin and serve over crushed ice in a highball glass. Garnish with an apple wedge, cucumber slice and mint

**Ingredients:**For the sugar syrup -100g Golden caster sugarFor the cocktail -Ice100ml Vodka50ml Freshly brewed espresso coffee50ml Coffee liqueur 4 Coffee beans (to garnish)**Method:**First comes the sugar syrup: put the caster sugar in a small pan over a medium heat and pour in 50ml water. Stir, and bring to the boil. Turn off the heat and allow the mixture to cool. Get your martini glasses ready by putting them in the fridge to cool. Once the sugar syrup is cold, pour 1 tbsp into a cocktail shaker along with a handful of ice, the vodka, espresso and coffee liqueur. Shake until the outside of the cocktail shaker feels icy cold. Strain into the chilled glasses. Garnish each one with coffee beans if that's your thing.

**Ingredients (Jug serving size):150ml Goslings Black Seal Rum100ml Lime Juice100ml Pineapple Juice50ml Lemon juice100ml Simple Syrup400ml Freshly Brewed Black Tea4 drops of The Bitter Truth – Old Time Aromatic BittersIceMethod:**Brew black tea and allow to cool. To a jug, add all the other ingredients and stir. Garnish with lime and pineapple and serve.

**Ingredients:60ml Reposado Tequila25ml British Cassis25ml Lime juiceGinger beerMethod:**Combine ice and tequila. Top with ginger beer, then slowly pour in British Cassis (it will settle to bottom). Squeeze lime over, then drop wedge into drink and serve.

Ingredients: 50ml Vodka20ml British Cassis30ml Double creamChocolate powder**Method:**Combine the vodka and cream before pouring over ice. Drizzle through the British Cassis and sprinkle with chocolate powder dust.

**Ingredients:35ml Hernö Old Tom Gin75ml Strawberry TeaGarnish with strawberries and a slice of limeCrushed IceMethod:**Brew strawberry tea and allow to cool. Add Hernö Old Tom Gin to a martini glass with some crushed ice. Top up with the cooled strawberry tea and garnish with additional strawberries and a slice of lime.

**Ingredients:**50ml AquaRiva Reposado Tequila20ml AquaRiva Organic Agave SyrupDouble Shot of Espresso CoffeeHard shake with plenty of ice pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with 3 coffee beans. Alternatively, you can buy your Mexpresso Martinis pre-mixed here!