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bit of raw sugar or the juice of a lime to
Berries in a cocktail are beautiful
help release the flavors.
and delicious.
For stronger flavors such as fresh rose
mary, lavender or ginger, a simple syrup is
easily made and prepared ahead of time by of wine or champagne—so pretty and
steeping a few pinches (or inches in the summery,
case of ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped)
in 4 or so cups of water and 1 cup of sugar. W h isk e y-A -G o -G o
Allow the combination to come to a boil,
Create a ginger syrup as described above.
then simmer a wee bit until the flavor of 'Create a peach purée by blending fresh
the herb is released. Let
peaches, skins removed
For
the
easiest
of
summer
cool, strain and keep in
and pitted, in a blender
your refrigerator for up to drinks, consider the liber
on high. Combine 2 ta
a week for easy access to
blespoons each of ginger
simplicity
of
popping
a
few
intense flavor to your
syrup and peach purée
beverages. Decrease the raspberries in a glass of
into your glass, and mix
ratio of water to sugar to
well. Add one shot of
intensify the flavor and w 'n e or champagne SO
whiskey, ice and top
with soda water.
sweetness.
pretty and summery.
As for booze, take your
pick. Vodka plays well as a neutral base to Watermelon Basil Margarita
the many 'combinations above, but IVe
Create a watermelon water as described
been playing with whiskey and have found above. In the blender, add one shot of te
it’s delicious with a peach purée and a dash quila, one shot of triple sec, a cup of water
of ginger syrup. Cachaça, the cane alcohol melon water, two basil leaves and a cup of
used in Brazilian Caipirinha, works well ice. Blend well.
with a muddling of pineapple sage, lime
and raw sugar. Tequila definitely has made Pineapple Sage Caipirinha
an appearance this season in a deliciously
In the bottom of a glass, muddle two
summery watermelon basil margarita.
leaves of pineapple sage with half a lime,
To top off almost all of my fresh cock cut into wedges, and a tablespoon of raw
tails is soda water. Mineral water works sugar. Keep muddling: You want to infuse
perfectly for this, but I’ve been toying with the three ingredients into a fragrant mix.
homemade soda water, thanks to a coun Add one shot of Cacha^a, ice and top with
tertop gadget called the SodaStream (so- soda water. Refreshing!
dastreamusa.com/ Cold tap water instantly
transforms to bubby water thanks to the Berry Bedazzler
use of a C 0 2 bottle.
Create a berry syrup as described above.
If all of this is sounding complex, try a Add 1 tablespoon into the bottom of your
flavored soda, but instead of a too-sweet glass, one shot of vodka, and top with soda
high-fructose corn syrup-ladled atrocity, water. Squeeze one quarter of a lime into
why not opt for a fresh, new one such as the glass. Stir well. Serve on the rocks and
DrySoda (drysoda.com)? This Seattle- float one berry on top. JW
based soda maker has a delicious cucumber
soda, lightly sweetened and perfect for a L f .A nn L ocher gardens, and evidently
summertime cocktail made with vodka and drinks in her garden, in North Portland. She's
fresh cucumber slices. For the easiest of threatening her tomatoes to ripen before fall
seasonal drinks, consider the fiber simplic- arrives. Find her at lelonopo.com or and at
ity of popping a few raspberries in a glass facebook.com/sassygardener.
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