Blue Long Island Iced Tea

Wanna try something slightly different? Feeling a bit blue? Well, this drink is for you.

It is a spin on the traditional Long Island Iced Tea (LIT) using blue curacao (cur-a-sow). Kind of like the azul ocean on a bright sunny day in Jamaica or some other Carribean locale, this drink offers fun in a glass.

Ingredients
You will need:
Vodka
Gin
Blue Curacao
Triple Sec
Rum
Sour Mix

The Drink Recipe
Now, with a traditional LIT, you want to splash coke in there to make it look dark - like tea (hence the name). With this drink, you don't want to darken it, you want to give it a nice, blue hue - so that is why the coke is eliminated from the recipe. (You could, however, use it if you wish...but I wouldn't!)

Get a tumbler glass, build with ice.
Pour in 1/2 oz of each spirit - vodka, gin, triple sec, blue curacao and rum. Then pour in 2 oz of sour mix. Pour into tin and then back into tumbler glass. Garnish with a lemon and sip with care!

Best served poolside or on the beach. If you want to spruce it up even more, garnish with a flag - an orange wedge with cherries (stuck with a toothpick).

Long Island Iced Tea

Another classical drink, good for the summer backyard BBQ, or just for a night on the town.

Ingredients
You need:
Vodka
Gin
Triple Sec
Rum
Sour Mix
Coke
Lemon

Drink Recipe
Get a tumbler glass, build with ice.

Pour in 1/2 of vodka, gin, triple sec, and rum. Pour in 2 oz of sour mix, splash with coke. Then, if you have a tin handy, pour into tin and back into glass. Garnish with a lemon, and enjoy.

A Mandarin Blush

Like Mandarin oranges?

Like Vodka?

Like to blush?

Well, this drink is for you. It is a very simple drink, and handy if you have only a few items laying around the house - albeit some special items.

Ingredients
Make sure you have handy:
Sprite
Cranberry Juice
Absolut Mandarin

The Drink Recipe
Take a tumbler glass, build with ice. Pour in 1 1/4 oz of Absolut Mandarin and then pour in 5 oz of Cranberry Juice and fill the rest with Sprite. (If you want to get real fancy, and impress others, pour the Cran and Sprite at the same time til the glass is full).

Garnish with a lime.

Enjoy! Makes for a good afternoon drink out on the beach, perhaps. Summer time.