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Ingredients
1 can (12 oz) frozen lemonade concentrate
8 wild berry tea bags (we liked Celestial Seasonings Wild Berry Zinger)
Directions
Reconstitute lemonade with water in a large pitcher as can directs. Add tea bags; refrigerate overnight.
Remove and discard tea bags. Refrigerate until serving.
To serve: Pour tea over ice in tall glasses; garnish... ...read the full story
yield: Makes 6 drinks
active time: 10 min
total time: 10 min
Yogurt drinks are popular throughout India—some are flavored with sugar or fruit, while others, like this one, are more savory. “I give sample tastes of this all the time at the restaurant,” says Susan Feniger, “and people are shocked by how refreshing it is.
Ingredients
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yield: Makes 6 drinks
active time: 20 min
total time: 1 hr (includes making ginger syrup)
Kick is the right word to describe this golden cocktail, which underscores the shot of ginger liqueur with ginger syrup and lemon.
Ingredients
Ginger syrup
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon vodka
6 ounces (3/4 cup) Domaine de Canton (ginger liqueur)
1/2 cup plus 1... ...read the full story
yield: Makes 12 drinks
active time: 25 min
total time: 3 1/2 hr (includes chilling)
Sold at Mexican street stands in large, clear barrels—the better to show off their festive colors—agua frescas, or “fresh waters,” can be made with all kinds of fruits and herbs, the riper the better. Here, Feniger tops a traditional cantaloupe cooler... ...read the full story
This hot coffee and rum cocktail gets its name from the Dutch word for coffee (koffie) and the street (Van Brunt) where it is served at St. John Frizell’s Fort Defiance café-bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons chilled heavy whipping cream
4 tablespoons aged dark rum
2 tablespoons Cherry Heering liqueur
2 teaspoons (packed) golden... ...read the full story
yield: Makes 8 servings
One cute cocktail contains only 7 grams of sugar—including the candy cane. Sip and stay sleek!
Ingredients
1 cup pomegranate juice
Juice of 1 lime
4 ounces vodka
1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
8 ice cubes
8 mini candy canes
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
Directions
Combine juices, vodka, peppermint and 1/2 cup water... ...read the full story
Ingredients:
20 oz crushed pineapple undrained.
1 cup of skim milk.
2 cups of fat-free vanilla ice cream.
1/8 teaspoons of cinnamon.
Directions:
Add the pineapple, milk, ice-cream and cinnamon to a blender.
Blend until smooth.
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Ingredients:
1 medium ripe avocado.
1 ½ cups of fresh pineapple.
1 ½ cups of orange juice.
1 tablespoon of honey.
2 teaspoons of lime juice.
¼ teaspoon of coconut flavoring.
2 ice cubes.
Directions:
Peel and slice the avocado and pineapple into small chunks.
Combine with rest of ingredients (except the ice cubs) and puree in a blender until... ...read the full story
Ingredients:
¾ fl oz Creme de menthe.
¾ fl oz Irish whiskey.
¾ fl oz Green chartreuse.
1 dash Angostura bitters.
Directions:
Stir the ingredients with ice. Serve in a cocktail glass.
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Ingredients:
1 oz Creme de Menthe (green).
1 oz Irish Creme Liqueur.
1 oz Grand Marnier.
Directions:
Pour the Creme de Menthe.
Slowly pour the Irish Creme Liquer onto the Creme de Menthe.
Pour the Grand Marnier on top.
Do not mix. The ingredients should sit on each other, and great a drink which looks like the flag.
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