We’re going to show you today how you can make simple cocktails at home with just three ingredients. We will use common alcohol types that you can use not just for one drink, but for almost any drink. Simple cocktails save you time and money.
Anyone who thinks that simple cocktails are boring will be taught better.
White Russian
You need these 3 ingredients:
For 1 glass
- 50 ml of sweet cream
- 40 ml of vodka
- 30 ml coffee liqueur
- plus: ice cubes
First, shake the cream in the cocktail shaker until creamy. It shouldn’t be completely stiff, but still semi-liquid and drinkable.
Fill a tumbler glass with ice. Add the vodka and coffee liqueur and pour the semi-stiff cream on top. This way you get a brown and a white layer, which looks nice in the cocktail.
Tip: For a lower-calorie White Russian, you can use milk instead of cream. If you want something more luxurious, you can put whipped cream on the White Russian and decorate it with a coffee bean in proper style.
Margarita
You only need these 3 ingredients:
For 1 glass
- 20 ml of lime juice
- 10 ml orange liqueur
- 30 ml tequila
- plus: crushed ice
Mix all ingredients together with the crushed ice in a cocktail shaker. Pour into a chilled martini glass (fresh from the freezer) and serve immediately.
Tip: Traditionally, the cocktail glass rim for the margarita is dipped in lime juice and then mixed with salt.
Negroni
You need these 3 ingredients:
For 1 glass
- 40 ml of Campari
- 40 ml London Dry Gin
- 40 ml of red vermouth
- plus: ice cubes
Mix all ingredients well in a cocktail shaker and pour into a tumbler glass with ice. Finished!
Tip: The Negroni is often served with a stalk of rosemary or thyme and a slice of orange.
Gimlet
You need these 3 ingredients:
- 60 ml gin
- 20 ml Lime Juice (lime cordial)
- 1 splash of lime juice
- plus: ice cubes
The ice cubes are only used to cool the shaker’s cocktail ingredients; the ice does not end up in the drink. So just shake all the ingredients vigorously and then pour them into a martini glass.
Tip: The vodka gimlet, in which the gin is replaced by vodka, is also popular. You can serve the cocktail with a lime wedge.