Ingredient
Mint
Lamiaceae (/ˌleɪmiˈeɪsiˌaɪ/ or /ˌleɪmiˈeɪsiiː/) or Labiatae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs, such as basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender, and perilla. Some species are shrubs, trees (such as teak), or, rarely, vines. Many members of the family are widely cultivated, not only for their aromatic qualities but also their ease of cultivation, since they are readily propagated by stem cuttings. Besides those grown for their...
Cocktails with Mint
Acapulco
Combine and shake all ingredients (except mint) with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass over ice cubes. Add the sprig of mint and serve.
Butterfly Effect
Grab your boston tin, fill it with cubes ice and then simply chuck in all your ingredients apart from your lemonade. Now it’s time to shake what your mama gave you until all your ingredients are blended to perfection. Add some cubes of ice to your hurricane glass, give them a swill to cool the whole thing down and then strain your raspberry vodka cocktail of wonder into the glass. Top with lemonade and chuck a sprig of mint on top for garnish. You can either get drinking at this point or go and try and grab a few butterflies to finish, the choice really is yours.
Derby
Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. Stir. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint in the drink.
Frozen Mint Daiquiri
Combine all ingredients with 1 cup of crushed ice in an electric blender. Blend at a low speed for a short length of time. Pour into an old-fashioned glass and serve.
Gin Smash
Muddle sugar with carbonated water and mint sprigs in an old-fashioned glass. Add gin and 1 ice cube. Stir, add the orange slice and the cherry, and serve.
Lassi - A South Indian Drink
Blend in a blender for 3 seconds. Lassi is one of the easiest things to make, and there are many ways of making it. Basically, it is buttermilk (yoghurt whisked with water), and you can choose almost any consistency that you like, from the thinnest to the thickest. Serve cold.
Mango Mojito
Squeeze the juice from 1½ limes and blend with the mango to give a smooth purée. Cut the rest of the limes into quarters, and then cut each wedge in half again. Put 2 pieces of lime in a highball glass for each person and add 1 teaspoon of caster sugar and 5-6 mint leaves to each glass. Squish everything together with a muddler or the end of a rolling pin to release all the flavours from the lime and mint. Divide the mango purée between the glasses and add 30ml white rum and a handful of crushed ice to each one, stirring well to mix everything together. Top up with soda water to serve and garnish with extra mint, if you like.
Mint Julep
In a highball glass gently muddle the mint, sugar and water. Fill the glass with cracked ice, add Bourbon and stir well until the glass is well frosted. Garnish with a mint sprig.
Mojito
Muddle mint leaves with sugar and lime juice. Add a splash of soda water and fill the glass with cracked ice. Pour the rum and top with soda water. Garnish and serve with straw.
Mojito Extra
Put mint with lemon juice in a glas, mash the mint with a spoon, ice, rum & fill up with club soda. Top it with Angostura.
Mountain Bramble
Muddle the blackberries in a tumbler glass. Mix the Gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a shaker and strain over chopped ice. Top with Soda water and garnish with more blackberries and some mint
Pure Passion
Mix up all ingredients with a cocktail stirrer and serve with crushed ice with mint and edible flour if available.
Raspberry Julep
Softly muddle the mint leaves and raspberry syrup in the bottom of the cup. Add crushed ice and Bourbon to the cup and then stir. Top with more ice, garnish with a mint sprig.
Scotch Cobbler
Pour scotch, brandy, and curacao over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Add the orange slice, top with the mint sprig, and serve.
Smashed Watermelon Margarita
In a mason jar muddle the watermelon and 5 mint leaves together into a puree and strain. Next add the grapefruit juice, juice of half a lime and the tequila as well as some ice. Put a lid on the jar and shake. Pour into a glass and add more ice. Garnish with fresh mint and a small slice of watermelon.
Thai Iced Tea
Combine Thai tea (i.e., the powder), boiling water, and sweetened condensed milk, stir until blended. Pour into 2 tall glasses filled with ice cubes. Garnish with mint leaves. Makes 2 servings.
The Laverstoke
1) Squeeze two lime wedges into a balloon glass then add the cordial, Bombay Sapphire and MARTINI Rosso Vermouth, swirl to mix. 2) Fully fill the glass with cubed ice and stir to chill. 3) Top with Fever-Tree Ginger Ale and gently stir again to combine. 4) Garnish with a snapped ginger slice and an awoken mint sprig.