Three Ingredient Cocktails For Everyone

Sanchit Khera - December 1, 2017
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Month end is here, or if you are anything like me, it’s been here for 15 days now. But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy some cool, refreshing cocktails. Here we bring to you, the best cocktails you can fix up in your own kitchen, because they only require three ingredients. Hell yeah!

Cranberry Orange Mimosa:

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With the festive season around the corner, it would only be apt for us to make simple yet delicious champagne cocktail. Nothing scream celebrations better than a champagne based mimosa.

What you’ll need:

  • 60 ml cranberry juice
  • 30 ml orange juice
  • Champagne or Prosecco, to fill the glass

Instructions:

  1. Add juices to champagne flute
  2. Top off with sparkling wine
  3. Finish with a cranberry and orange slice

 Gin Martini

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Everyone likes a mean martini. James Bond loved one, so you better do too. Martini is basically the best form gin can take and this three ingredient martini recipe will make you very very happy.

What you’ll need:

  • 75 ml  gin
  • 15 ml  dry vermouth
  • 1 or 3 olives or a lemon twist for garnish

Instructions:

  1. Pour the ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes
  2. Stir for 30 seconds
  3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
  4. Add a dash of orange or Angostura bitters, if desired.
  5. Garnish with the olive or lemon twist

Old Fashioned

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The name is accurate. This cocktail is classic at its finest. With bare minimum ingredients, you can fix this drink up in your own kitchen and the mixology lover in you is going to be very very happy.

What you’ll need:

  • 1 tsp superfine sugar (or 1 sugar cube)
  • 2 dashes Angostura orange bitters
  • 60 ml bourbon

Instructions:

  1. Combine sugar and bitters in the bottom of a glass until the sugar dissolves
  2. Fill the glass with ice, add whiskey, and stir to combine
  3. Serve in rocks glass

White Russian

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If you aren’t actually in the mood for a tropical, fruity cocktail, this is what you should go with. Creamy and sweet, White Russian is quite a unique drink.

What you’ll need:
  • 60 ml Vodka
  • 30 ml Kahlúa liqueur
  • 30 ml Heavy cream

Instructions:

  1. Add the vodka and Kahlúa to an Old Fashioned glass filled with ice
  2. Top with a large splash of heavy cream and stir

Cuba Libre

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Also known as coke and rum, Cuba Libre is the easiest cocktail that you can fix up in your kitchen. All you need is a bottle of coke and a rum of your choice. If you don’t have that in your storage, don’t call yourself a drinker.

What you’ll need:

  • 120 ml Coca Cola
  • 60 ml rum
  • 1/2 lime cut in half

Instructions:

  1. Squeeze the juice of the lime quarters into a tall glass
  2. Drop one of the lime quarters into the glass
  3. Add ice cubes and serve