Cocktails

Cocktails

Any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, such as vermouth, fruit juices, sweet flavorings, or even coffee, and usually chilled.

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Apple Martini

Beverages; Cocktails

An apple martini, or appletini, is a cocktail composed of vodka, apple schnapps or Calvados and Cointreau.

Cosmopolitan

Beverages; Cocktails

A cosmopolitan, or informally a cosmo, is a cocktail composed of vodka, Cointreau, lime juice and cranberry juice. Its origins are disputed but it is thought to have been developed in the 1970s. The ...

Long Island Iced Tea

Beverages; Cocktails

A Long Island iced tea is a cocktail composed of vodka, tequila, white rum, triple sec, gin, lemon juice, Gomme syrup and coke. The beverage gains its name from its resemblance to iced tea and has a ...

Mai Tai

Beverages; Cocktails

The Mai Tai is a cocktail composed of white rum, dark rum, orange curaçao, Orgeat syrup and lime juice. The cocktail is believed to have been created in the 1930s or 1940s but gained in popularity in ...

Cuba Libre

Beverages; Cocktails

The Cuba Libre is a cocktail composed of cola, lime and white rum. It is also referred to as a Rum and Coke in the U.S., Canada, the UK and Ireland where the addition of lime is optional. The ...

Japanese Slipper

Beverages; Cocktails

The Japanese slipper is a cocktail composed of Midori, Cointreau and lemon juice. It is usually garnished with a slice of melon and was invested in Mietta's Restaurant in Melbourne in 1984.

Mojito

Beverages; Cocktails

A mojito is a cocktail composed of white rum, lime juice, mint, sugar and soda water. The cocktail dates back to at least the 19th century and it was a favourite drink of author Ernest Hemingway.