Cocktails to tickle your tastebuds this festive season

What better way to spend your festive season than by sipping on a cocktail in the comfort of your home rather than just ordering one at a restaurant ?

This way, you can have unlimited drinks (as you’re your own bartender) and not worry about the bill at the end.

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Here are a few popular cocktails you may want to try out for yourself this holiday:

(centilitre – a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a litre)

• Long Island Ice Tea
1.5 centilitres vodka
1.5 centilitres tequila
1.5 centilitres light rum
1.5 centilitres gin
2.5 centilitres lemon juice
3 centilitres gomme syrup
Coca Cola
METHOD: Mix all contents in a highball glass and stir gently. Add coke to finish off and for colouring. Garnish with lemon.

• Sex On The Beach
4 centilitres vodka
2 centilitres peach schnapps
4 centilitres pineapple juice
4 centilitres cranberry juice
METHOD: Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice. Shake well then serve with orange slice.

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• Screwdriver
5 centilitres vodka
10 centilitres orange juice
METHOD: Pour vodka into a highball glass over ice and add orange juice to the balance.

• Singapore sling
4 centilitres gin
2centilitres cherry brandy
0.5 centilitres Cointreau
1 centilitre grenadine
8 centilitres pineapple juice
3 centilitres lemon juice
Dash of Angostura bitters
METHOD: Pour all ingredients into shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake well and strain into glass filled with ice and serve with pineapple of cherry.

• Frozen Margarita
3.5 centilitres tequila
2 centilitres triple sec
1.5 lemon juice
0.5 cups ice
METHOD: Blend all ingredients with crushed ice and serve in cocktail glass with lemon slice.

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