Cocktails from Around the World to Try at Home

Because my Greece trip was cancelled. Because we're still under a stay at home order. Each recipe serves one!

The Negroni from Italy

1 oz of Campari

1 oz of gin

1 oz of vermouth rosso

1 orange slice to garnish

Chill liquid ingredients. 

Stir liquid ingredient together and pour into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. 

Add an orange slice as a garnish.

The Paloma from Mexico

1 1/2 oz of tequila reposado

1 oz of grapefruit juice

1/2 oz of lime juice

1 splash of soda water (or grapefruit soda such as Squirt)

Grapefruit peel or lime wedge to garnish

Combine tequila, grapefruit juice, and lime juice into a cocktail shaker with ice.

Shake well and strain into a glass over ice.

Add soda water.

Garnish with grapefruit peel or lime wedge.

The Caipirinha from Brazil

2 ounces of cachaca

2 teaspoons of granulated sugar

1/2 of a lime

Cut the lime into small pieces and place in an old-fashioned cocktail glass.

Add sugar.

Muddle lime and sugar with pestle.

Fill glass with ice and cachaca.

Pour contents into a shaker, shake well, and return the contents to the glass.

Enjoy!

The Pisco Sour from Peru

2 oz of Pisco

1 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz of simple syrup

1 egg white

2 to 3 dashes of Angostura bitters

Mix Pisco, lime juice, simple syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker.

Add ice to fill and shake vigorously.

Strain into an old-fashioned glass.

Sprinkle the bitters on top of the foam.

Serve.