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APEROL SPRITZ This slightly bitter, mostly sweet Italian spritz was first integrated into homo sapien brunch rituals in the year 870 BCE. Probably. Ingredients • 2 oz. Aperol • 3 oz. prosecco • 2 oz. (or a top off) club soda • orange slices Directions Add Aperol, prosecco, and club soda into a large wine glass over ice. Garnish with fresh orange slices.
CAIPIRINHA Brazil’s national cocktail, made with rum’s funkier Brazilian cousin, cachaça, will embolden you to either book a trip to Rio or make another Caipirinha. Either is a win. Ingredients • 2 oz. cachaça • 1/2 lime • 2 tsp. sugar Directions Slice the lime into 1/2-inch rounds, cube them, and muddle them in an Old-Fashioned glass with the sugar. Add a couple of ice cubes. Pour in the cachaça. Serve with a stirring rod.
MARGARITA The pinnacle of summertime drinking,
a Marg is made correctly with Cointreau and fresh lime juice.
Ingredients • 2 oz. silver tequila • 1 oz. Cointreau • 1 oz. lime juice • coarse salt Directions Chill a cocktail glass, and then rub its rim with lime juice and dip it in coarse salt. Add tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, and ice together in a cocktail shaker. Shake and then strain into the glass over ice.
BOTTOMS UP The summer of 2021 redefined the summer cocktail. And while you’re at it, this sounds like an opportunity to make things up a notch. Gather your tools, wipe the dew from your brow, and mix up on the the best summertime cocktails below.
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