Cocktail recipes you should try at home
Spring is the perfect time to try some refreshing and delicious cocktails. There are endless options for this season, but the best of all, you can have a lot of fun with your loved ones while you prepare each one of these different drinks we recommend you.
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You will be surprised to know all the cocktails you can prepare easily and using only the ingredients you have at home. The Margarita is one of our favorites, and we know you love it too! You can enjoy at home while you relax. In the following video, we teach you how to make a delicious margarita.
Margarita
Ingredients
- Ice
- 1 oz. lemon juice
- 2 oz. tequila or mezcal
- 1 oz. orange liquor
- Garnish: Pineapple
- Garnish: Tajin Clasico Seasoning
There are other exquisite cocktails, perfect to try at home during this season. We share with you more recipes!
Horchata Margarita
Ingredients
For the horchata:
- 1 cup of boiled rice
- A pinch of cinnamon
- 3 almonds
- 3 ¼ fl. oz. agave honey
- 3 ¼ evaporated milk
For the margarita:
- 1 ½ oz. tequila
- 1 ½ oz. horchata syrup
- A pinch of salt
- Ice
Preparation
For the horchata: Blend and boil all the ingredients in 5 fl. oz. of water to get a syrup-like consistency.
For the margarita: Blend all the ingredients together with the syrup obtained. Serve in a margarita or old-fashioned glass.
Frost with grated yellow lemon zest, ground cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. Garnish with a caramelized lemon wedge and a cinnamon stick.
Hibiscus Margarita
Ingredients
For the syrup:
- 33 fl. oz. water
- 50 g hibiscus flower
- Cinnamon stick
- 2 cloves
- 6 ¾ oz. agave honey
For the margarita:
- Ice
- 1¾ fl. oz. syrup
- Juice of half lime
- 1½ oz. tequila
- ½ oz. Cointreau
Instructions:
Boil the hibiscus with the cinnamon and the cloves until it reduces to half, and then add the agave honey.
Blend the syrup with the rest of the ingredients until you get a smooth frappé consistency.
Rim the edge of a margarita glass or an old-fashioned glass with the same syrup, sugar, and salt. Garnish with a slice of caramelized lime, and cheers!
Mimosa
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. orange juice
- 3 oz. sparkling wine
- Garnish: Strawberry, blueberries, blackberries, grapes or peaches
Preparation:
In a champagne glass pour orange juice and sparkling wine, preferably cold; finally, decorate the glass with a fruit skewer.
Strawberry Mojito
Ingredients:
- 2 strawberries
- Mint
- 2 oz. white rum
- 1 oz. lemon juice
- 1 oz. simple syrup or 2 teaspoons of sugar
- Sparkling water
Preparation:
Macerate the strawberries and mint, pour them in a shaker with orange juice, rum, and simple syrup or sugar. Serve it in a highball glass with ice, and fill it with sparkling water. Finally, garnish with strawberries and mint leaves.
Piña Colada
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. white rum
- 3 oz. coconut cream
- 2 oz. pineapple juice
- 1 oz. evaporated milk
- Garnish: dehydrated pineapple
- Garnish: grated coconut
Preparation:
Blend all the ingredients with ice, and serve it in a glass. Garnish with small pieces of pineapple and grated coconut.
6 Comments
Missy fojtik
5 years agoI would love the horchata margarita recipe!
Velas Magazine
5 years agoHello, Missy! Thank you for reading to us! We added the Horchata Margarita recipe to our post.
We hope you like it. Cheers!
SHARON F.
5 years agoWe had a fantastic Hibiscus Margarita on our last stay at Grand Velas – would you share the recipe with us?
Thanks!
Velas Magazine
5 years agoHello, Sharon!
We added this recipe to our post, so more readers can enjoy this margarita as you did during your visit to Grand Velas. Thank you so much for your comment, and cheers!
Mayra
4 years agoWould you please share the pineapple basil margarita recipe? I had it at the Mexican restaurant Frida on our last stay at Grand Velas. It was delicious, and I have been craving it since then.
Velas Magazine
4 years agoHello, Mayra! It’s great you keep remembering the flavors of our cocktails! Thanks for your kind comment, and we will surely send our pineapple basil margarita recipe to you through the e-mail you shared with us. Warm greetings from the Riviera Nayarit!