Margarita

Ingredients:
2 Shots Tequila
0.75 Shot De Kuyper Triple Sec
1 Shot Lime Juice
1 Teaspoon Caster Sugar

Preparation: Prepare the cocktail glass by rubbing lime juice all the way around the edge of the glass and place on a saucer of salt to achieve the salted rim effect. Then add the Tequila and De Kuyper Triple Sec, lime juice and caster sugar into a cocktail shaker full of ice and shake well together. Strain into the cocktail glass. A classic sour cocktail, yet somehow refreshing at the same time! For a combination of citrus flavours, mix half a shot each of lemon juice and lime juice (instead of just lime).

Mojito

Ingredients:
4 mint leaves
1 lime (for juicing)
1 teaspoon powdered sugar
2 ounces white rum
2 ounces club soda
1 sprig of mint (for garnishing)
Crushed ice

Preparation: Put the mint leaves into a Collins glass and squeeze the lime juice over them. Add the powdered sugar and then muddle the mint, lime juice and sugar together. Add crushed ice. Stir in the rum and top off with the club soda. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Caipiroska

Ingredients:
2 Shots Russian Standard Vodka
4 Teaspoons Caster Sugar
1 Lime

Preparation: Muddle the sugar and limes in the bottom of a tumbler; add crushed ice and Russian Standard Vodka.

Caipirissima

Ingredients:
2 Shots White Rum
1 Shot Sugar Syrup
1 Lime
0.25 Shot Lime Juice

Preparation: Cut the lime into eights. Muddle the lime and sugar to release the juices and oils in the skin of the lime. Pour rum and extra lime juice into glass, add crushed ice and stir.

Daiquiri

Ingredients:
2 Shots White Rum
0.5 Shot Lime Juice
0.25 Shot Sugar Syrup

Preparation: Shake all ingredients together vigorously with crushed ice and strain through a fine strainer to remove fine fragments of lime and ice. For best results use freshly squeezed lime juice.

Amore Dolce

Ingredients:
1 Shot Campari
1 Shot Raspberry Vodka
3 Bar Spoons Caster Sugar
1 Lime
Top up Cubed Ice

Preparation: Slice the lime from the top nearly to the bottom and again at ninety degree angle so that the lime opens out and place in the bottom of the glass. Add 3 bar spoons (teaspoons) of caster sugar. Add one shot of Stolichnaya Razberi and one shot of Campari. Stir and fill glass with crushed ice.

Blackberry And Mint Smash

Ingredients:
2 Shots De Kuyper Blackberry
4 Mint Leaves
1 Cube Sugar
Half a Lime

Preparation: Cut the half a lime into 4 pieces. Muddle together in the serving glass the 4 pieces of lime, the sugar cube and 3 of the fresh mint leaves. Add the De Kuyper Blackberry and half fill with crushed ice. Stir together and then fill the glass with more crushed ice. A rich berry flavour combines beautifully with the tangy ness of the lime. Use limes that have lovely bright green skins so the colour can be seen through the glass and serve with a straw.

Ginger Lime and Brandy

Ingredients:
1 Shot Three Barrels Brandy
Top up Ginger Beer
0.5 Shot Lime Juice

Preparation: In a tumbler glass half filled with cubed ice, build the ingredients in the following order: first the Three Barrels Brandy, then the lime juice and top up with the ginger beer. An alternative version of the Moscow Mule is where the brandy replaces the vodka.

Key Lime Pie Martini

Ingredients:
2 oz vanilla vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
2 1/2 oz pineapple juice
1/2 oz lime cordial
1/2 lime
Crushed graham crackers for rimming

Preparation: Rim a chilled cocktail glass with finely crushed graham crackers. Pour the vodka, triple sec, pineapple juice and lime cordial into a cocktail shaker with ice. Squeeze the juice from the lime into the shaker. Shake well. Strain into the cocktail glass.

Lime and Rum Cocktail

Ingredients (for 6 serves):
3 limes, cut into quarters
2 tbs brown sugar
12 fresh mint leaves
180ml light rum
Ice cubes, to serve
Soda water, chilled, to serve

Preparation: Place the lime wedges, sugar and mint in a cocktail shaker. Use the end of a rolling pin to pound until roughly crushed. Add the rum to the shaker and shake until well combined. Divide ice among six 250ml (1-cup) capacity serving glasses. Strain rum mixture among the glasses. Place 2 lime wedges and 2 mint leaves in each glass. Top with soda water to serve.

Lime and beer cocktail

Ingredients:
1 (6-pack) light beer
1 can frozen limeade
1 lime, sliced in half

Preparation: Pour beer into a large pitcher. Add still-frozen limeade and stir to combine. Stirring with a metal utensil can reduce foam. Allow foam to settle. Squeeze half a lime into pitcher. Finely slice the other lime half and place into pitcher, for garnish. Pour into chilled glasses and serve cold.

Lime Derby

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
1 oz . simple syrup
1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
Cucumber
Fresh mint
Lime

Preparation: Muddle cucumber in a mixing glass, add mint and bruise. Add remaining ingredients into a mixing glass, fill glass with ice. Shake the ingredients and strain the mixture into a martini glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint and a cucumber wheel.

Lime Island Iced Tea

Preparation: Mix 1/3oz. Vodka, lime, ¼ oz. Tanqueray Gin, 1/3oz. Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, 1/3 oz. Jose Cuervo Especial, 1/3oz. Triple Sec and a splash of Sour Mix with ice in a shaker and shake. Pour contents into a tall glass, add cola & lime garnish.

Tall Lime Cosmo

Preparation: Combine 1 ¼ oz. Vodka, lime and ½ oz. Triple Sec over ice in a tall glass. Fill with cranberry juice. Garnish with a lime.

The Lime-tea-ni

Preparation: Shake 1 ½ oz. Vodka with 2 oz. citrus iced tea, lime and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a lime slice.

Lime Breeze

Preparation: Fill a highball glass with ice. Add 1 ½ oz. Vodka, lime, 3 oz . cranberry juice, 2 oz . grapefruit juice and 1 tsp. grenadine. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Fresh mango, ginger beer and lime cocktail

Ingredients:
2 fresh mangoes
Cup caster sugar
2 tblsps lime juice
275ml bottle ginger beer
750ml bottle sparkling wine
Halved lime slices, to serve

Preparation: Peel mangoes, chop flesh roughly and discard stones. Blend mango flesh, sugar and lime juice until smooth. Pour mixture into a jug and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until ready to serve. To serve, pour ginger beer and sparkling wine into mango mixture. Stir until combined. Pour into glasses and decorate with halved lime slices.

Gimlet

Ingredients:
60 g ( 2 oz .) lime juice
1 egg white
1 tsp. sugar
90 g ( 3 oz .) gin or vodka

Preparation: For each drink, place the ingredients in a blender. Or pour into a shaker and shake well; pour into chilled wine glasses; garnish with a slice of lime.

Mai Tai

Ingredients:
the juice of 1/2 lime
15 g (1/2 oz.) apricot brandy
15 g (1/2 oz.) curaçao
60 g ( 2 oz .) Jamaica rum

Preparation: For each drink, place the ingredients in a blender. Pour into a shaker with a few ice cubes and shake; pour into chilled cocktail glasses and garnish with a pineapple slice.

Sangria

Ingredients:
1/2 cup (125 ml) sugar
1 cup (250 ml) water
1 lime, thinly sliced
1 orange, thinly sliced

Preparation: In a small saucepan, dissolve 1/2 cup (125 ml) sugar in 1 cup (250 ml) water. Add the other ingredients. Let the fruit marinate at room temperature for at least 4 hours; place a few ice cubes into a pitcher; add the syrup (water and sugar) and marinated fruits; cover with a bottle of red wine; mix and serve.

Lime gin fizz

Ingredients:
Ice cubes
2 parts gin
1 lime juice
4 parts soda water

Preparation: Fill a Collins glass half with ice, pour the gin and lime juice in it. Fill up with ice cold soda water. Decorate with lime wedges and serve with straw. As the name tells, the cocktail is the lime version of Gin Fizz. The original recipe contains sugar syrup and lemon juice - you decide which your favourite.

Havana Beach

Ingredients:
1 part White rum
Ginger ale
2 parts Pineapple juice
1 Lime slice
1/2 Lime
4 Ice cubes
1 teaspoon Sugar syrup

Preparation: Cut the lime into 4 pieces, put them into a blender with the pineapple juice, rum, sugar syrup and blend until smooth. Put the ice into a hurricane glass or large goblet, pour in the drink and top up with ginger ale. Decorate with the lime slice.

Tequila Matador

Ingredients:
1 1/2 parts Tequila
3 parts Pineapple juice
Juice of 1/2 Lime

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a champagne flute, and serve.

Clover Club

Ingredients:
3 parts Gin1/2 teaspoon
Sugar syrup5
Ice cubes
Juice of Lime
1 Egg white

Preparation: Put the ice cubes into a cocktail shaker. Pour the lime juice, sugar syrup, egg white and gin over the ice and shake until a frost forms. Strain and serve with grated lime and a lime wedge.

Monte Rosa

Ingredients:
3 parts Brandy
1 part Cointreau®
Juice of 1/2 Lime
5 Ice cubes

Preparation: Put the ice cubes into a mixing glass. Pour the lime juice, Cointreau and brandy over the ice and stir vigorously. Serve in a chilled cocktail glass.

Disco Lemonade

Ingredients:
1 part White rum
top up Soda water
1/2 Lime
1 Maraschino cherry
2 tablespoons Sugar

Preparation: In a shaker with ice mix well 1.5 oz of white rum, 1.5 oz of lime juice and 3 teaspoons of finely powdered sugar. Pour this mix into a highball glass with five ice cubes and add soda water (club soda) to the top. Garnish with a cocktail red cherry on top.

Hemingway

Ingredients:
1 1/2 White rum
Juice of 1/2 Lime
1/2 tablespoon Grapefruit juice
1/2 tablespoon Maraschino liqueur

Preparation: Shake well with cracked ice. Strain into cocktail glass.

Hawaiian Seduction

Ingredients:
1 part Vodka
1 part Tequila
5 Ice cubes
Juice of Lime

Preparation: Pour in tall glass and fill with lime juice. Add ice and mix very well.

Vodka '7'

Ingredients:
2 parts Vodka
Top up 7-up
Juice of 1/2 Lime
1 Lime wedge

Preparation: Pour vodka and juice of the lime into a Collins glass over several ice cubes. Drop the lime wedge in glass and fill with lemon-lime soda. Stir well and serve.

Sweet Kingdom

Ingredients:
1/2 part Peach schnapps
1 part White rum
1 part Triple sec
1/2 part Soda water
2 teaspoons Lime
1 Lime slice
1 teaspoon Lemon

Preparation: Cool in a shaker and pour into a champagne flute, filled to the top with ice cubes.

Cryptonite

Ingredients:
2 parts Vodka
1/2 part Champagne
1 part Crème de menthe (green)
Top up Red Bull®
3 Ice cubes
Juice of Lime

Preparation: Pour vodka over ice and add creme de menthe. Add half measure champagne and top up with red bull. Finish with juice of lime and slice of lime. Serve in a tall slim glass.

Judgette

Ingredients:
3/4 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Peach brandy
3/4 oz. Martini bianco (dry)
Juice of 1/4 Lime

Preparation: Shake well with cracked ice. Strain into cocktail glass.

Papaya Sling

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Papya syrup
Dash of Angostura bitters
Soda water
Juice of Lime

Preparation: Shake well and strain into Collins glass over ice cubes. Fill with carbonated water and stir. Garnish with slice of pineapple.

Rumination

Ingredients:
Gin
Chambord® raspberry liqueur
Lime
Ice (crushed)

Preparation: Muddle lime (cut into 1/6ths) in bottom of glass and add 1/2 glass crushed ice. Pour 1 1/4oz Tanquery Gin and then fill with crushed ice. After this pour 1/2oz Chambord down side of a 9oz hiball glass. Top up with crushed ice before garnishing.

Flamingo

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Apricot brandy
Juice of 1/2 Lime
1 teaspoon Grenadine

Preparation: Shake well with cracked ice. Strain into cocktail glass.

Scotch Rickey

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Whisky
Juice of 1/2 Lime
Soda water

Preparation: Squeeze juice of 1/2 lime over 2 ice cubes in highball glass and drop in lime shell. Add Scotch and fill with club soda. Stir gently.

Caipirinha

Ingredients:
1 part Cachaca
1 Lime
2 teaspoons Brown sugar

Preparation: Muddle the brown sugar into the lime wedges in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Pour the cachaca into the glass. Stir well.