Travel around the world through cocktails

It is not easy to survive a longer period without traveling. But sometimes there’ s no other way. Jan and I know all about it. Due to our full-time jobs, we aren’t able to travel when we want. We live from vacation to vacation and always count the days to our next trip with impatience.

Nevertheless, we have our tricks to bring the vaction atmosphere into in our home in between traveling. In our opinion, nothing can evoke the holiday vibe more than a tasty cocktail.

Jan was a bartender in a distant past and has clearly not lost his skills yet. At home he often makes me dream away of the most exotic destinations with his delicious homemade cocktails. Together we made a list of our favorite cocktails from all over the world and how you can easily make them yourself at home. Get started and begin dreaming of you bucket list destinations in no time.

First cut the lime into smaller pieces. Add them with the mint leaves to the glass. Sprinkle the cane sugar over it. Crush these ingredients with a mortar. Fill the glass with chrushed ice and pour in the rum. Add the sprinkling water as last and mix it all with a stirring stick. Finish your glass with some mint leaves on top. Et voila, your mojito is ready!

The Tom Collins was invented by a bartender named Collins in London. So the name is not super original, but the cocktail itself is a real classic. The Tom Collins is a real favorite among the men. Maybe because the name sounds a bit more masculine than let’s say a Cosmopolitan. Although because of increasing popularity of gin in recent years, this cocktail is certainly enjoyed by a larger audience today.

First pour the gin into the mix glass, followed by the lemon juice and powdered sugar. Then fill your shaker with ice. Slide the shaker and the mixing glass over each other. Make sure it’s tight. Test it before you start shaking. No leaks? Shake it away, then! Fill the long drink glass with ice. Pour your mixed cocktail through the strainer into your ice cube-filled long drink glass. Finally fill the rest of the glass with sparkling water. Serve with a lemon slice.

Take the large bowl or jug ​​and pour in the bottle of red wine completely. Do the same with the half bottle of lemonade and the coffee cups of brandy, triple sec or cointreau and white vermouth. Stir while pouring in the drinks. Cut the fruit into little pieces and add it to the bowl. Mix well. Let the bowl rest overnight in the fridge so that the fruit can absorb the sangria. Don’t forget to enjoy some yummy tapas with your Sangria.

I already mentioned it, but this North American cocktail is quite popular with the ladies. Could it be that the world famous series of ‘Sex and The City’ has something to do with that? This is the cocktail of choice for a night out with the girls and when drinking it, it makes me look forward to future girl trips!

First things first: make the sugar water by boiling the water and sugar on the stove. When this turns into a syrup, pour it into a glass bottle and let it cool for a while. Then add the vodka, sugar water, cranberry juice, triple sec and lime juice together with ice in the shaker. Before you start shaking, check whether the shaker is properly sealed. Then start shaking. Pour your cocktail through the strainer into a chilled martini glass. Serve the glass with a curly orange zest.

The Singapore Sling derives from, yes, Singapore. Here this cocktail was first made in a hotel by a bartender in 1915. This cocktail has a unique, yet complex taste. Therefore, there’s sometimes discussion about the ingredients and amounts used here. You can find many different recipes online, but below is how I always make this cocktail. And I can promise you, it tastes delicious. You will imagine yourself in the impressive Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, in no time.

Let’s travel back to the United States. This time to the Hamptons on Long Island. This is where the roots of long Island ice-tea should lie. Although there is some discussion about that. Everyone also thinks that this cocktail has something to do with ice-tea, but nothing could be further from the truth. Cola is added to the drink. Enjoy this cocktail, but be carefull. The long island ice-tea can crush you fast, because of the high alcohol content.

Place the sugar cube on a napkin on top of your tumbler glass. Sprinkle the sugar cube with angostura bitters until it is completely soaked. Then drop the sugar cube into the tumbler glass. Add a little sparkling water with a very small dash of orange bitter. Stir until the sugar cube is completely dissolved. Add the whiskey together with some ice cubes. Stir well until the cocktail has cooled. Serve with a Maraschino cherry and orange zest.

Pina Colada better known as the national drink of Puerto Rico, immediately reminds you of chilling on the beach with a fruity cocktail in your hand. In short, this is the perfect cocktail if you want to get into a vaction mood. This cocktail contains slightly more ingredients, but is super easy to make. So don’t hesitate to try at home.

Cut the pineapple slice into small pieces. Remove the shell of the piece of coconut. Combine these ingredients with the coconut cream, pineapple juice, white rum and chrushed ice in the blender. Blend everything until you get some sort of smoothie-like consistency. Pour this cocktail into a long drink glass and don’t forget to add a dash of dark rum. Serve your Pina colada with a little piece of pineapple.

Cut the lime into small slices and put them in your long drink glass. Sprinkle it with cane sugar. Crush it with your mortar into a juice. Then add the cachaça. Top your glass with chrushed ice and stirr well using your stirring stick.

Travel with us to the beautiful countries of Peru or Chile. Because both countries claim that this cocktail was originally made there for the first time. It doesn’t really matter to us, because both countries are said to be stunning. We haven’t had the chance to visit them yet, so it doesn’t hurt to already start exploring through a homemade Pisco Sour. Hopefully we will be able compare to the original Pisco Sour soon.

Fill your glass with the chrushed ice and let it cool down. Meanwhile, make the sugar water by boiling the water with the sugar. When this turns into a syrup, pour it into a glass bottle and let it cool for a bit. Add this sugar water with the pisco, the lime juice and the egg white in a mix glass. Pour this content into the shaker via the spiral of the strainer. Shake this mix long and firm. Add some ice cubes to the shaker and shake again. Remove the chrushed ice from the pre-cooled glass and pour the contents of the shaker through the strainer into the glass. Serve with a little cinnamon on top.

This cocktail owes its name to the blood-red color, but it’s also named after the 16th-century Queen Mary the first of England. She was nicknamed Bloody Mary because of her bloody persecutions of the Protestants. Despite being named after a historically British royalty, the Bloody Mary was first made in the 1920s in Paris. Starting under the name “bucket of blood” and later even the “red snapper”, until it was given the name bloody Mary and still carries that name.

When you hear the name Moscow Mule, you immediately think of Russia. But actually, this cocktail is the result of a smart business relationship created in the 1930s. At that time, a young Russian woman emigrated to the United States. Her father owned a copper factory and she took thousands of copper mugs with her, hoping to sell them in the States. She went from bar to bar until she suddenly met two men in a bar. One owned the bar and brewed his own ginger beer. And the other had a vodka distillery. Both their business were not going well. The three of them came up with a new cocktail and that’s how the Moscow Mule was created. Still today it’s a very popular and refreshing cocktail.

Fill the mug with ice cubes. Add the vodka and lime juice. Top the mug of with the ginger beer. Squeeze some lime juice into to mug. Use a piece of lemongrass as a stirring stick and stir well. Voila, you’ve made a Moscow Mule!

When making cocktails, always go for fresh ingredients. It’s easier to buy prepackaged lemon juice or orange juice, but with fresh fruit, a cocktail tastes so much better. Also try to use quality alcoholic beverages. Besides working with fresh ingredients, this has a major influence on the taste of the cocktail.

If you want some more inspiration, check out my favorite cocktail recipe books.

I hope this varied list of 15 world cocktails will help you to travel all around the world through cocktails without leaving your living room.

Which coctail are you going to make? Let me know in the comments.

Don’t forget to check our tips to travel as much as possible with a full time job or tips to survive traveling as a couple.

Thanks for reading.

Your truly,

Sarah

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