Part of the 'sour' cocktail family, the Margarita traditionally consists of three ingredients: tequila, triple sec orange liqueur and lime juice, often served in a glass with salt on the rim.
James Bond drank a Negroni when he wasn't in the mood for a Martini, and when Orson Welles tried his first one in 1947, he commented, "The bitters are excellent for your liver, the gin is bad for you.
Made with flagrant pandan leaves, Kota liqueur is the result of a joint venture between the respected bar owner and mixologist Nico de Soto and French liqueur producer Maison Gabriel Boudier. Biscuity ...
Absinthe adds a distinctive flavour to cocktail and long drinks and is widely called for in vintage cocktail books. However, two ritualistic styles of serve are synonymous with absinthe. Both drip ...
While the exact origins of the Mojito cocktail and its name are lost in time, some trace it back to 1586 and a medicinal drink named after Sir Francis Drake. Drake was one of a band of privateers ...
The combination of coffee and milk goes back a fair way in the history of coffee. William H Ukers in All About Coffee, notes that the Dutch Ambassador Johan Nieuhof, was experimenting with milk in ...
The history of Bombay Gins stretches back to 1760 just after the repeal of the Corn Laws, when a 24-year-old Thomas Dakin built his distillery on Bridge Street in Warrington, north-west England. Due ...