long drink Archive

  • Ouzo and pink grapefruit juice

    Ouzo and pink grapefruit juice

    Imagine the scene: you're sitting on a beach at sunset, listening to the seawaves and seagulls cruising the sky above your head, taking deep breaths of seaside air, smelling the sea, feeling pleasant sea breeze on your skin... Now add one more detail: ouzo mixed with pink grapefruit juice.

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  • Rum and apple juice

    Rum and apple juice

    Quite a few years ago, when I first started experimenting with mixed drinks, everything was so new and strange to me. There were countless information for me to process and it all seemed so complicated. I’ve made just a few drinks, following the recipes, for classic cocktails… Then, all of a sudden – a challenge [...]

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  • Činarino – artichoke based bitter liqueur

    Činarino – artichoke based bitter liqueur

    a bottle of Činarino artichoke bitter Bitter liqueurs, or bitters, are group of cocktails that many bartenders prefer to add to cocktails in dashes, and not many people drink them straight. I have to say that I’m really into bitters – they form their own subversum in drinks universe. Originally conceived as medicinal tonics, they’ve [...]

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  • Apple rakia and cranberry juice

    Apple rakia and cranberry juice

    Initially I had refreshing cocktail in mind. Simple. I wanted to make it without big effort. Prepare it quick; make it long, cool, refreshing; sit back and enjoy. That plan needed something I had at hand… Vodka? Ok! Which mixer? I didn’t want to bother with choosing liqueurs that’d go along with juice, so I’ve [...]

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