Four typical carnival cocktails
Carnival party is nowadays a worldwide celebration and we love it. It is pure spectacle. We should celebrate it, right? In Ice Tech we will show you the 4 most typical carnival cocktails that you can prepare yourself and turn your home into a party.
CAIPIRINHA
Caipirinha is the most traditional and well-known cocktail in Brazil. The carnival they celebrate in Rio de Janeiro is the most famous one, appearing in the Guinness Book of Records for being the largest one in the world.
Ingredients
- 1-2 limes
- 2 sugar tablespoons
- 2 cachaça tablespoons (a Brazilian liquor obtained by distilling the juice from a fermented sugarcane)
- 1 fresh lemon juice tablespoon
- Ice Tech Crushed Ice
- Several lemon or lime Slices to decorate
Preparation
Mix the lemon pieces with the sugar and use a mortar to crush and extract the juice from the lemons. Then, add the cachaça and the lemon juice and stir everything well.
We recommend that you serve it decorated with a lemon slice.
NEGRONI
From the Carnival of Venice, we get a simple and balanced cocktail considered to beone of the most famous Italian cocktails. We already spoke of it in another article where we told you about the 4 most popular cocktails in Italy. Let us remind you its ingredients so that you can prepare it during these carnivals.
Ingredients:
- 30 ml of gin.
- 30 ml of sweet Vermouth.
- 30 ml of Campari.
- Soda
- 1 slice of orange
- GR Ice Tech Ice cubes
PALOMA
In the city of Veracruz (Mexico) there is a carnival, which stands out for its masks and costumes. It is the most important party in Mexico and one of the most joyful in the world.
The Paloma Cocktail is characterized by its refreshing flavour and is served in a long glass frosted with salt and ice.
Ingredients
- ½ cup of white tequila
- 1 lemon slice
- Grapefruit juice
- Ice Tech Ice
- 1 pinch of sugar
Preparation
Ice Tech Ice is served in the glass, and tequila, lemon juice, grapefruit juice, sugar and a splash of mineral water are added.
You can decorate it with a lemon slice and it’s ready!
LULADA
The Barranquilla Carnival is the most important festival in Colombia. This spectacular cocktail is prepared with Aguardiente, its most typical drink.
Ingredients:
- 5 Cl. of Aguardiente
- 1 Cl. of pasteurized egg white
- 2 Cl. of lemon juice
- 4 Cl. of pulp
- 2 Cl. of ginger syrup
Preparation
3 to 5 cubes of Ice Tech ice are put in a shaker and all the ingredients are added. Stir it until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. It is important to serve it in a cold cocktail glass.
A tip, you can decorate the head with a few drops of cardamom bitter.
Let’s move our hips!