Citrus cocktail

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A citrus cocktail or citrus-forward cocktail is a cocktail whose dominant taste is that of a citrus fruit. Examples include the Bee's Knees, margarita, caipirinha, or Spanish-style gin and tonic. Citrus tonics are often gin-based because of the citrus and other floral elements used in the distillation process. Limoncello is also sometimes used. [1] Mint is sometimes used as a cooling element to citrus-forward cocktails. [2] Spicy vodkas, such as a green chile vodka with lime and cilantro, can also be used. [3]

Bees Knees (cocktail) Prohibition Era cocktail made with Gin

A Bees Knees is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with Gin, fresh lemon juice, and honey. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a lemon twist.

Margarita Mexican cocktail of tequila mixed with orange-flavoured liqueur

A margarita is a cocktail consisting of tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice often served with salt on the rim of the glass. The drink is served shaken with ice, blended with ice, or without ice. Although it has become acceptable to serve a margarita in a wide variety of glass types, ranging from cocktail and wine glasses to pint glasses and even large schooners, the drink is traditionally served in the eponymous margarita glass, a stepped-diameter variant of a cocktail glass or champagne coupe.

Caipirinha Brazils national cocktail

Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça, sugar, and lime. Cachaça, also known as caninha, or any one of a multitude of traditional names, is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage. Although both rum and cachaça are made from sugarcane-derived products, in cachaça the alcohol results from the fermentation of fresh sugarcane juice that is then distilled, while rum is usually made from refinery by-products such as molasses.

Citrus cocktails are often paired with piquant Mexican and Asian foods so that the tartness will serve as a foil for the spices. [4] Citrus-forward cocktails are also sometimes paired with seafood. [5]

Mexican cuisine Culinary traditions of Mexico

Mexican cuisine began about 9000 years ago, when agricultural communities such as the Maya formed, domesticating maize, creating the standard process of corn nixtamalization, and establishing their foodways. Successive waves of other Mesoamerican groups brought with them their own cooking methods. These included the Olmec, Teotihuacanos, Toltec, Huastec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Otomi, Purépecha, Totonac, Mazatec, and Mazahua.

Asian cuisine

Asian cuisine includes several major regional cuisines: Central Asian, East Asian, North Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and West Asian. A cuisine is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, usually associated with a specific culture. Asia, being the largest and most populous continent, is home to many cultures, many of which have their own characteristic cuisine.

Seafood food from the sea, e.g. fish, shrimp, crab, mussel, seaweed

Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Historically, marine mammals such as cetaceans as well as seals have been eaten as food, though that happens to a lesser extent in modern times. Edible sea plants such as some seaweeds and microalgae are widely eaten as sea vegetables around the world, especially in Asia. In North America, although not generally in the United Kingdom, the term "seafood" is extended to fresh water organisms eaten by humans, so all edible aquatic life may be referred to as "seafood". For the sake of completeness, this article is inclusive of all edible aquatic life.

The opposite of a citrus cocktail would be a spirit-forward cocktail, in which the spirit is the core flavor, and other ingredients such as bitters and shrubs are used to highlight the base spirit. [6]

A spirit-forward cocktail is a class of strong cocktails. Spirit-forward cocktails, other than the ancestral cocktails, typically use fortified wine such as vermouth, sherry, quinquina, or port to blunt the taste of the alcohol in the base spirit and add complexity of flavor. In a spirit-forward cocktail, it is still possible to taste the base spirits because they have not been completely masked by sugars and fruit juices. The opposite of a spirit-forward cocktail is a citrus cocktail.

Bitters family of alcoholic beverage flavored with herbal essences

A bitters is traditionally an alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter so that the end result is characterized by a bitter, sour, or bittersweet flavor. Numerous longstanding brands of bitters were originally developed as patent medicines, but now are sold as digestifs, sometimes with herbal properties, and cocktail flavorings. Since cocktails mainly contain sour and sweet flavors, bitters are used to engage another primary taste and thereby balance out the drink and make it more complex, giving it a more complete flavor profile.

Shrub (drink) fruit liqueur

In terms of mixed drinks, shrub is the name of two different, but related, acidulated beverages. One type of shrub is a fruit liqueur that was popular in 17th and 18th century England, typically made with rum or brandy, and mixed with sugar and the juice or rinds of citrus fruit.

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Gin spirit

Gin is a distilled alcoholic drink that derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries. Gin is one of the broadest categories of spirits, all of various origins, styles, and flavour profiles, that revolve around juniper as a common ingredient.

Gin and tonic highball cocktail made with gin and tonic water

A gin and tonic is a highball cocktail made with gin and tonic water poured over ice. The ratio of gin to tonic varies according to taste, strength of the gin, other drink mixers being added, etc., with most recipes calling for between a 1:1 to 1:3 ratio. It is usually garnished with a slice or wedge of lime.

Tonic water carbonated soft drink

Tonic water is a carbonated soft drink in which quinine is dissolved. Originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, tonic water usually now has a significantly lower quinine content and is consumed for its distinctive bitter flavor, though it is nowadays often sweetened as well. It is often used in mixed drinks, particularly in gin and tonic.

Mixed drink beverage comprising a mixture of ingredients

A mixed drink is a beverage in which two or more ingredients are mixed. Some contain liquor, others are non-alcoholic. A "spirit and mixer" is any combination of one spirit with one non-alcoholic component, such as gin and tonic, whereas a "cocktail" generally comprises three or more ingredients.

Limoncello is an Italian lemon liqueur mainly produced in Southern Italy, especially in the region around the Gulf of Naples, the Sorrentine Peninsula and the coast of Amalfi, and islands of Procida, Ischia, and Capri. It is also produced in Calabria, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Apulia, Sicily, Sardinia, Liguria, Menton in France, and the Maltese island of Gozo. In northern Italy, the liqueur is often referred to instead as limoncino. It is also a popular homemade liqueur, with various recipes available online and in print.

Angostura bitters concentrated bitters made of water, alcohol, herbs and spices

Angostura bitters is a concentrated bitters based on gentian, herbs and spices, by House of Angostura in Trinidad and Tobago. It is typically used for flavouring beverages or, less often, food. The bitters were first produced in the town of Angostura, hence the name, but do not contain angostura bark. The bottle is recognisable by its distinctive oversized label. 'Angostura' is Spanish for 'narrowing', the town of Angostura having been located at the first narrowing of the Orinoco River.

Gimlet (cocktail) cocktail made of gin and lime juice

The gimlet is a cocktail typically made of 2 parts gin and 1 part lime juice. A 1928 description of the drink was: "gin, a spot of lime, and soda". The description in the 1953 Raymond Chandler novel The Long Goodbye stated that "a real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else". This is in line with the proportions suggested by The Savoy Cocktail Book (1930), which specifies one half Plymouth Gin and one half Rose's Lime Juice Cordial. However, modern tastes are less sweet, and generally provide for at least two parts gin to one part of the lime and other non-alcoholic elements.

Beer cocktail cocktail made by mixing beer with a distilled beverage

A beer cocktail is a cocktail that is made by mixing beer with a distilled beverage or another style of beer. In this type of cocktail, the primary ingredient is beer. A mixture of beer with a beverage that contains a soft drink is usually called a shandy.

Flaming drink mixed drink with flammable alcohol set on fire before serving

A flaming drink is a cocktail or other mixed drink that contains flammable, high-proof alcohol, which is ignited prior to consumption. The alcohol may be an integral part of the drink, or it may be floated as a thin layer across the top of the drink. The flames are mostly for dramatic flair. However, in combination with certain ingredients, the flavor of the drink is altered. Some flavors are enhanced, and it may impart a toasted flavor to some drinks.

Cocktail garnish decorative ornaments that add character or style to a mixed drink

Cocktail garnishes are decorative ornaments that add character or style to a mixed drink, most notably to cocktails.

Greyhound (cocktail) cocktail consisting of grapefruit juice and either gin or vodka mixed and served over ice.

A greyhound is a cocktail consisting of grapefruit juice and either gin or vodka mixed and served over ice. If the rim of the glass has been salted, the drink is instead called a salty dog.

Bloody Mary (cocktail) popular cocktail containing vodka and tomato juice

A Bloody Mary is a cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and combinations of other spices and flavorings including Worcestershire sauce, hot sauces, garlic, herbs, horseradish, celery, olives, salt, black pepper, lemon juice, lime juice and/or celery salt. In the United States, it is usually consumed in the morning or early afternoon, and is popular as a hangover cure.

Lemon drop cocktail

A lemon drop is a vodka-based cocktail that has a lemony, sweet and sour flavor, prepared using lemon juice, triple sec and simple syrup. It has been described as a variant of, or as "a take on", the Vodka Martini. It is typically prepared and served straight up – chilled with ice and strained.

A two-ingredient cocktail is a cocktail that can be made with as few as two ingredients, often a base spirit and one other ingredient. Such cocktails are often easier and quicker to prepare than more complicated cocktails.


A vodka and cola is a cocktail that, in its simplest form, is made by pouring vodka into a glass and adding cola. Taylor Swift, a brand ambassador for Diet Coke, said her favorite cocktail is a vodka and Diet Coke.

A vodka cocktail is a cocktail with vodka, a versatile spirit whose neutral taste allows it to blend with many other ingredients.

References

  1. ↑ Mafit, Dillon (February 6, 2018). "4 Drinks to Make with That Bottle of Limoncello You Definitely Have". Supercall.
  2. ↑ Editors of PUNCH. Winter Drinks: 70 Essential Cold-Weather Cocktails.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "9 Flavored Vodkas That Actually Taste Pretty Good". The Manual. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  4. ↑ Tan, Cheryl Lu-Lien (April 26, 2012). "Pairing Cocktails With Food" – via www.wsj.com.
  5. ↑ Andr Darlington, Tenaya Darlington. The New Cocktail Hour: The Essential Guide to Hand-Crafted Drinks.
  6. ↑ "Cocktail Articles and Info". CocktailSpy.
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