Jasper Iced Tea from Eilat/ Israel

Jasper Iced Tea Cocktail

What to do in Germany in cold February. Right! You get on the plane and visit sunny Israel. Really nice it is in Eilat on the Red Sea. Near the beach you will find the best cocktail bar in the city: Jasper 08. In February the temperatures in Eilat are only 25 degrees Celsius, but in summer they rise to 45 degrees Celsius. So the Jasper Iced Tea cocktail is a great refreshment.

I was very glad, that the manager Vera of Jasper 08 gave me the opportunity, that her bartender Erez showed me the making of Jasper Iced Tea. Eilat is very easy to reach via the newly built Eilat Ramon Airport and when you arrive in Eilat you must visit the Jasper 08 cocktail bar.

INGREDIENTS

  • Tanqueray gin
  • pineapple juice
  • lime juice (freshly squeezed)
  • peach iced tea syrup
  • cucumber syrup
  • Angostura bitters
  • crushed ice
  • mint leaves
  • cucumber flower

METHOD

  1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake.
  2. Shake well and strain into a highball glass filled with crushed ice.
  3. Add some more crushed ice to top of the glass.
  4. Garnish with some fresh mint leaves and a cucumber flower.
  5. Cheers from Israel!

NOTES

The Jasper 08 cocktail bar in Eilat serves up the perfect cocktail of exhilarating experiences for your vacation at the Red Sea. Right at the heart of the newly-renovated Isrotel Agamim lobby is the Jasper 08 cocktail bar, setting a new entertainment standard for hotel guests and visitors alike. This unique mega bar is the ideal setting for an exceptional night out, with its contemporary New York atmosphere reflected in exclusive cocktails, the bar’s music, and cool staff. Try the Jasper Iced Tea!

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Tanqueray Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Peach iced tea syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Cucumber syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Angostura bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

 

Diplomat Cocktail Recipe

DIPLOMAT COCKTAIL

The Diplomat Cocktail is relatively weak in alcohol and it was a popular drink in the French Diplomatic Service. If it is the trouth or not, but rumour has it that diplomats were able to sip on these and still keep their wits about them!

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Vermouth dry
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Vermouth rosso
  • 5 ml/ ⅙ oz. maraschino liqueur
  • 2 dashes orange bitters

METHOD

  1. Stir all ingredients with ice.
  2. Strain into cocktail glass with ice.
  3. Garnish with an orange zest twist.

NOTES

The taste of the Diplomat Cocktail is wonderful aromatic and dry. More of an aperitif than a digestif.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Martini Dry | USA | UK* | Germany
  2. Martini Rosso | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Maraschino liqueur | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Orange bitters |USA*| UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Kilimanjaro Cocktail Recipe

Lilimanjaro Cocktail

The Kilimanjaro cocktails is a cocktail with Amarula. The Amarula Wild Fruit Cream is a popular liqueur based on the marula fruit from Africa. You will recognize the bottle easyly because there is an an elephant on the label. And there’s a good reason for that label: elephants love to eat that fruit. Sometimes elephants even get drunk when they eat too much of the ripe, fermented fruits that have fallen of the marula tree.

INGREDIENTS

  • 40 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Amarula wild fruit cream
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. vodka
  • 10 ml/ oz. Triple Sec.
  • 120 ml/ 4 oz. orange juice

METHOD

  1. Shake all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
  2. Strain into a tumbler with fresh ice.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Stolichnaya vodka| USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Amarula | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Triple Sec. liqueur | USA | UK*| Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Brexit is done – The Brexit Cocktail

Brexit Cocktail

Brexit is done. Britain has left the EU, what bad luck. We were always happy about the great food and drinks from Great Britain. To say goodbye, a very special recipe: the Brexit cocktail.

INGREDIENTS

  • fish and chips
  • chocolate mints
  • English tea

METHOD

  1. Add the remaining ingredients and adjust according to taste.
  2. Shake it!
  3. Enjoy it!

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Fish | UK* | Germany*
  2. Chips | UK* | Germany*
  3. Chocolate mints | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. English tea | USA* | UK* | Germany*

casa ma – a cocktail from Jordan

CASA MA COCKTAIL from Jordan

In January 2020 I was in Jordan looking for a typical Jordanian cocktail. I went to Aqaba on the Red Sea and found the Suzana Cocktail Bar at Tala Bay Resort in Aqaba, where bartender Yusel mixed me a super delicious Jordanian cocktail called casa ma. The Suzana Cocktailbar is a really great bar with international spirits and very competent bartenders.

If you once drive through Aqaba, e.g. on the way to Petra, you should definitely pay a visit to the Suzana bar. The cocktail bar is located directly on a marina and is only 50 meters from the great Tala Bay beach.

INGREDIENTS

  • Amaretto
  • Vodka
  • Gin
  • Ginger ale

METHOD

  1. Combine all ingredients – except the Ginger Ale –  in a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake well and strain into a highball glass.
  3. Add the Ginger Ale and a straw.
  4. Cheers from Jordan!

NOTES

Jordan shows itself to be a modern and cosmopolitan country that maintains its Islamic traditions but faces west. Alcohol is served in many places, and there are bars and occasionally western-style nightclubs. The city of Aqaba, located on the Red Sea, offers its visitors the opportunity for a beach holiday all year round.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Amaretto | USA | UK * | Germany*
  2. Stolichnaya vodka| USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Tanqueray Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Smile Cocktail Recipe

Smile Cocktail

This cocktail with Charleston Follies has already conjured a smile on the face of the inventor. And that of a winner. The cocktail Smile was the winner of the cocktail World Cup in Bled (Slovenia) 2002.

INGREDIENTS

  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. Vermouth Dry
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Wodka Absolut Lime
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. Charleston Follies
  • 10 ml/ oz. strawberry syrup
  • 120 ml/ 4 oz. pineapple juice

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Strain into a highball glass with fresh ice.
  3. Garnish with a cherry and orange wheel.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Charleston Follies | Germany*
  2. Absolut Lime vodka | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Vermouth Dry | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Strawberry syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Highball Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Fizzy Pop Cocktail Recipe

How to make a Fizzy Pop

On my trip to Stockholm in Sweden in July 2019, I got to know many Swedish cocktails. One of them is called Fizzy Pop. The Fizzy Pop cocktail is exactly what it sounds like – a drink that tastes like Sweden’s most popular candy piece. Some call them Bubblizz, others for Fizzypop. Whatever you call them, this is the drink recipe you’ve been looking for!

INGREDIENTS

  • 50 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Vodka
  • 50 ml/ 1 ½ oz. bubble gum syrup
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. lemon juice
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Sprite
  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. Blue Curaçao liqueur

METHOD

  1. Fill a glass with crushed ice.
  2. Add Vodka, gum syrup and lemon juice.
  3. Stir slightly.
  4. Add Sprite and stir gently so that the bubbles do not disappear.
  5. Add more ice if there is space.
  6. Gently pour Blue Curaçao in the top of the glass so that the blue color spreads slightly downwards.
  7. Garnish with candy.

NOTES

The secret sauce in this drink is undoubtedly the bubble gum from Monin. It tastes almost exactly like the Fizzy pop / Bubblizz candies it is, just much sweeter. The other ingredients are therefore mostly to balance the flavors, get the liquid and alcohol volume and to make the drink visually more appealing. The syrup is alcohol-free and available to order online or to buy in some specialty stores.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Absolut vodka | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Blue Curaçao liqueur | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Bubble gum syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Sprite | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Hurricane Glass| USA* | UK* | Germany*

Derby Cocktail Recipe

How to make the Derby Cocktail

The Derby is an International Bartender Associatiobn cocktail of gin, peach bitters and mint leaves.Some other cocktails are known by the same name. It is unclear when the IBA version was created.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Gin
  • 2 dashes peach bitters
  • 2 fresh mint leaves

METHOD

  1. Combine all ingredients in mixing glass with ice.
  2. Stir 30 seconds.
  3. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
  4. Garnish with fresh mint leaves in the drink.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Tanqueray Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Angostura bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

The Universe Cocktail Recipe

THE UNIVERSE COCKTAIL Recipe

Because of strong interest from top U.S. bartenders, Midori® Melon Liqueur was consumer-tested and launched in the year 1978 in NYC. The same year that it was released, Midori Melon Liqueur is the main ingredient highlighted in “The Universe,” a cocktail that wins first prize in the United States Bartenders’ Guild annual competition. The Universe cocktail is made from Midori melon liqueur, vodka, pistachio liqueur, pineapple juice and lime juice, and served in a chilled champagne glass.

INGREDIENTS

  • 15 ml / ½ oz. Midori melon liqueur
  • 15 ml / ½ oz. vodka
  • 15 ml / ½ oz. Lime Juice
  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. pistachio liqueur
  • 30 ml / 1 oz. pineapple juice

METHOD

  1. Shake all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
  2. Strain into a chilled champagne glass.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Midori | USA * | UK * | Germany*
  2. Stolichnaya vodka| USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Vienna in Ashes Cocktail Recipe

VIENNA IN ASHES COCKTAIL Recipe

You should not be afraid, Vienna isn’t on fire. You couldn’t do that to Vienna. Why should there be another way to enjoy Vienna in Ashes: liquid, with smoke and chocolate. I want to show you a great recipe that I got when I visited Vienna in autumn 2019.

INGREDIENTS

  • 50 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Mozart Dark chocolate liqueur
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. Grand Marnier orange liqueur
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. Connemara Irish Whiskey

METHOD

  1. Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Shake it!
  3. Strain into a tumbler with fresh ice.
  4. Garnish with an orange zest.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Mozart Dark| USA | UK* | Germany*
  2. Grand Marnier | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Smoky Whiskey | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*